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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (659408)	11/10/2004 6:08:22 PM
From: nolimitz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

reWith all that "soul" searching, you sound to me, like a person who is afraid not to believe... or a person looking to grow

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (659408)	11/11/2004 4:58:41 AM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 769670

Well, context is important. My father was Jewish, my mother Catholic. She converted by the time I was born, and I started life as a Conservative Jew. After my parents divorced, she went back to the Church, and took us with her. I was ten when I was baptized. I had my own thoughts, and was a pantheist by the time I was fourteen, and an atheist by the time I was sixteen. In college, I became a theist, and went back to synagogue for awhile, under the influence of thinkers like Buber. By the age of 22, I had a crisis, and returned to the Church for some years. Various problems caused me to lapse, but I remained a theist. So I suppose one should say that I have retained a fundamental belief in God for most of my life, though doubt about the particulars. Does that mean I am "afraid not to believe"? Well, I think it is better to believe in God, just as I think it is better to believe that human values have an intrinsic place in the universe, rather than being essentially illusory. If this is "fear", color me yellow.......