As the moderator of this forum I am kind of interested in this topic but I've grown weary of reading other peoples ideas ... i.e. clip and paste!
I truly would like to read your personal ideas that are absent all the excess verbage! In the past few years, I have turned away from organized religion but consider myself somewhat spiritual. (I believe in the golden rule and trying to do the right things)
Here, here! I agree. I was brought up without a religious upbringing. The few times I was forced to go - I hated it.
Then, for about a decade (from by mid 20's to my mid 30's) I became a black and white, Bible-quoting fundy (short for fundalmentalist). Now (for the about the past decade, I'm a 70's kind of hippie dude. Jesus is alright with me. But we can learn some cool stuff from Buddha to. I combine the East and the West and think that anyone that thinks they have a monoply on the truth is a fool. The word 'mystery' is in the Bible for a good reason . . .
Dean Welsh
