Request for Prompts

I'm feeling stuck in a rut, and want to stretch my intellect and creativity, so I'm following in the excellent example of mam_adar and asking for writing prompts.

Assign me an essay, request some fiction, entreat an oracle, invite commentary --- start something with me. I will do my best to rise to the occasion.

Writing Prompt 1 - Religion

jillwheezul presented the following assignment:

So I am at the point of writing the first assignment which is somewhat
open ended. Since I am a visual-spatial learner, I am struggling with
understanding the whole before I can write about my assignment. I have so
much to say about religion but yet don't know what my audience wants to
hear, which is unsettling. He says in his writings "...a truly open mind
appears to demand a kind of naivete which borders on outright credulity",
which I really do believe. There is no emphasis on which style to write,
what manner of citations to use, or even how personal the writing can be.
I perceive that he would like to talk on a higher level, but how to know?

What do you think you would do? How do you start writing about religion
and spiritual matters? How would you define both religion and magic?

( My response behind the the cut )

Thanks, Jill. It's been a long time since I've written about religion in a more theoretical way, rather than just my subjective personal experience.