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To: Len who wrote (702)9/7/1998 5:40:00 PM
From: wallacestevens  Read Replies (3) of 1542
 
. . . they are all equally sure that theirs is the correct one.

And yet many who are so sure theirs is the correct one would be shocked to find variations of so many of their "sacred" stories in the scripture of religions not their own. For instance, many creation stories tell of the god creating the human being out of earth and bringing it to life by breathing the breath of life into it. Several cultures' mythology contain flood stories, and almost all have some form of "The Golden Rule."

The more religions I study, the more I go through phases of belief and disbelief in some kind of divine reality. And that's about as close to being "religious" as I come. I gave up thinking I could "know" anything about the true nature of god (if there is a god) quite some time ago. On the other hand, I seem to have a more profound appreciation of the existential mystery of it all.
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