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Very interesting take and shows the value of self study instead proselytized. Very good

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After some strong proselytization I turned against those who preach the fear of hell instead of the love of God. As you may have noticed I am an analyzer. I find great value and problems in organized religions. All say they are the ONLY true religion, and that included every Christian denotation. I'm too analytical to achieve faith.

That said, faith is valuable to a health culture. As you alluded to in your article, God tugs you to be good. I think that tug would only be to the faithful.

Oh, how I criticize atheist activists, they are hateful. I ally politically with family value Christians. As a likely deist who am I to say but I know the people with the best morals when I see their communities.

I see many of the lessons of the bible as valuable parables, lessons of life, valuable metaphors.

All religions as you said except for Islam who jettisoned the 10 commandments if I remember correctly, all teach good and improving one’s self. Most teach family values.

I’m always theorizing and that is why I can’t conclude. But I imagine if I were God in an age where people rarely ventured 20 miles from their place of birth, I’d send out multiple messengers across the world to spread the word.

I have a chapter I left out of the autobiography of the book I wrote for my boys when I had throat cancer on spirituality where. Where I spoke of all the religions and reflections on them.

I agree most fall into a pseudo religion of one sort of another, for my column “And Rightly So” I had in 2006 I wrote a piece called The New Paganism about the environmentalist’s religion.

I do believe Karma is real as I understand it. But if I have another, I couldn’t identify it. Live like what goes around is real and one lives morally.

Cheers

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