Reading Montaigne is interesting. The topic and the way he goes through it seems kind of hamfisted and cliche now but at the time it was probably a pretty cool argument. It's all just a big the real barbarian...is you looking glass type argument though which is such a played out concept now.
I'm still not totally convinced that Montaigne's own religion is the key to understanding the reading, though. It seems like his views of religion are more a product of his views of society in general. Montaigne admired the cloeseness of the Brazilian communities and how they all viewed each other as relatives and equals as opposed to the class distinctions of Europe. This social ill is Montaigne's biggest issue with France in his time, and the one which I feel he most wishes to address.
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