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To: Rick Julian who wrote (25743)	10/30/1998 11:27:00 AM
From: E	Respond to of 108807

Message 6216991 To facilitate discussion, you posted the following from Webster's: god : the supreme or ultimate reality: as a : the Being perfect in power, wisdom, and goodness who is worshipped as creator and ruler of the universe b Christian Science : the incorporeal divine Principle ruling over all as eternal Spirit : infinite Mind spiritual:1 : of, relating to, consisting of, or affecting the spirit spirit:1 : an animating or vital principle held to give life to physical organisms 2 : a supernatural being or essence: Is there any linkage between "god" and "spirit"? For me there is. So from that alone, you can probably see how I might have concluded that you made a linkage between "spirituality" and "god." I guess if you are a Christian Scientist, your God might be Infinite Mind, according to your post. But the overall impression I get, Rick, is that you do believe in quite an anthropomorphic God a lot of the time. I think you reveal this when you post such definitions; and for example when you propose that Your God has given Rules for Living superior to those by which an atheist is guided. Entities that give rules strike me as kind of anthropomorphic. I think I've observed that it's hard for sophisticated people to admit even to themselves that they believe in an anthropomorphic God, so they engage in a relaxing obscurantism; but their inner secret tends to slip out. I suspect that you do believe that god is the Being perfect in power, wisdom, and goodness who is worshipped as creator and ruler of the universe. I don't recall whether you have referred to survival after death; but it is something I was wondering about. Do you happen to believe that your personality or consciousness will survive your physical death? or do you believe something more like what George expressed? -- "Whatever happens, I will be there, as I am of the essence of the cosmos." (This certainly expresses my belief, being almost a tautology; though not one without a certain depth.)