In almost all of the major religions there is a person who came to some amazing realizations about their place in the universe. It usually followed time alone in deep introspection and resulted in a message that they shared with the world. And it is highly improbable to believe that the beautiful sentiments found in the many religious/spiritual texts came from knowingly disingenuous sources. Those who were writing about the mystical/spiritual experiences that they felt firsthand and through which insights like "Do unto others as you would have done to yourself" came from clearly experienced...