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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: thames_sider who wrote (18331)	7/16/2001 12:18:09 PM
From: Lane3	Respond to of 82486

I'm somewhat more, ah, non-religious than you. No, you're not. What I will argue against is attempts to apply any religion to me, in my life and place. So will I, with my very last breath, if necessary. I will also defend, with that very same last breath, any individual's right to his own personal religious beliefs, as long as he keeps them personal. but intellectually I'm actually attracted to the idea of a non-intervening, non-physical deity; who cannot alter what we do or how, but who nevertheless cares... There is a certain appeal to that. Slight change of subject. I thought of you yesterday while watching Religion and Ethics Newsweekly on public TV. They were talking about religion in England and France. They called it "belief without belonging." They were saying that there is a more vertical relationship between the believer and God rather than through a religious institution as is true here, particularly with fundamentalist Christians. It's a cultural thing rather than a religious thing and that 70 percent of the population (the exact population was unclear) had had religious experiences. They also mentioned an evangelical movement in the Church of England to increase participation for those who are looking for a sense of community. Do you think they have a sense of things there? Karen