I was talking to a friend of mine about how I am thinking about life and specially about God and religion. The comments which are made concerning the people's beliefs should be very careful. First of all my friend is a strong believer in Moslem beliefs as a whole and in Shia teachings in particular second this matters are not part of his preoccupations at all. I had a hard time to get out of the discussion that I started myself and that finally was possible just by admitting that I was wrong and mislead by reading just the literal translations of the religious texts in general without the proper interpretation.
Shia teaching for me is more of a political movement rather than a religious one. Shia doctrine is heavily loaded with political biases which consequently shapes the shia traditions and practices, which I think is practical. For me it is using religion for a political purpose, even a national one.