Religion

In the latest chapters we got a glimpse of Holden's views on Religion. Holden talks about religion first when he feels like praying but can't seem to find the energy to follow the instinct, and then later when Holden shares breakfast and conversation with the two nuns. The way religion ( Catholic ) was written about was very interesting because it didn't seem like Holden percived it as bad. I honestly think Holden views religion the same as he views school. For staters he doesn't seem to really care for either of them and they don't seem to have to big of an impact on his life. However he never out right says they are corrupt or evil or should be stripped from society. And the reason i think he never says thoose things is because the nature, the purpose of these two things do have value, which Holden can see, but Holden won't take part in them because they have been ruined or changed by people and institutions from some ideal experiance to a very human one easily impacted by things like money. It might be my imagination but i think Holden holds money responsible for the social barriers religion can build up, take for example his conversation with tennisboy, the entire mood of their conversation changed because of religion. Holden doen't like people who pretend to be better or think higher of themselfs so with all the christian stereotypes i can see why Holden has a problem with religion. the reason i think it was included in the book is because no one really takes the time to think about how money and other stuff have the power to effect so many different things today. The fact that it is able to influance one of our "purest" beliefs is proof enough.