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To: cosmicforce who wrote (8676)	3/15/2001 2:21:01 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (3) of 82486

". I'm a pagan I suppose with mildly animistic beliefs. Now I'm not out crusading with my beliefs or trying to make other people adhere to them. I know that the beliefs are fallible as am I. It shouldn't surprise you to know that I am a religious person and belief "absolutely" that God exists; Creator, sustainer, all powerful, all knowing, the works. It might surprise you to know that I consider "beliefs" and "belief systems" to be fundamental to living in this life. It probably would surprise you to know that I don't believe in conversion. I don't believe religious debate ever accomplishes anything beyond scholarship. My religion and all of the ones you mention forbid coersion of any kind in getting people to "believe" in anything. I have seen people come to a religion or change religions but their accounting is ussually the one that they now came to accept, more closely matches what they believe in their heart, than say the religion of their father. If you think about it (and I am sure you have) the two concepts "coersion" and "belief" are incompatable. Similarly, the terms "belief" and "convert" are not a perfect match. Having said all of that I can see why you would have me on your suspect list. However, speaking for myself and anyone I would consider to be a "True Believer" you have nothing to fear from us. The term Fundamentalist Religion carries more of a political tone for me than what I think of when I say belief and belief systems are fundamental to living. I have been in other parts of the world. Trust me, these cultural groups who you fear as oppressive or tyrannical or what ever were that way before religion reached them and will be when it leaves. For this reason I think we give religion a bad rap.

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