Dear Foxy,

«BTW: There's more than just one God.»

Can you get the absurdity of this statement?

Should there be more than one God, then each of them would be limited by the presence of the other(s). They could not for example do whatever they like because it might interfere with the will of the other(s)... Would you be calling "God" to someone who cannot do whatever they like?

Dear ALTRAV,

«What lies beyond THIS universe?»

Awakening!

Suppose, in your dream you are chased by a tiger. As fast as you run, the tiger is closing in, he almost gets you when...
you wake up in cold sweat and find yourself in your bed, the sun just risen and the clock shows that it is about time to get up.
But you refuse to get up, insisting that you must first have your question answered:

"Was I able to save myself or did the tiger end up devouring me?"

- such is the nature of your question!

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Dear David f.,

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I am willing to put my head on the block for my dear wife. All she has to do is pronounce those magic words : “I am certain”.

That’s the end of all discussion so far as I am concerned.

Is it faith ? Is it love ? Is it conviction ? Is it a lifetime of practical experience ?

It’s all of that and more. I owe her my life. She has saved it twice.

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To Banjo Paterson-

It's so good to see such precious reciprocated loyalty between you and your wife in an age of changing and engineered alliances and disloyalty. The church was a great sponsor of mutually supporting relationships and community cohesion. I'm sure those of competing interests might want to attack those structures.

Dear Yuyutsu,

I guess I should have clarified things for you.
What I meant to say was that although religion
is a universal social institution, it takes a
multitude of forms. Believers may worship gods,
ancestors, or totems; they may practice solitary
meditation, frenzied rituals, or solemn prayer.

The great variety of religious behaviour and
belief makes it ver difficult to say exactly
what "religion" is. Many definitions have been
offered in the past, but most of the ones we are
familiar with have been biased by ethnocentric
Judeo-Christian ideas about religion.

These ideas are based on a number of central beliefs:
that there exists one supreme being or God; that God
created the universe and all life and takes a
continuing interest in the creation, and that there
is a life hereafter; and that our moral behaviour in
this life influences our fate in the next.

In cross-cultural terms, however, this particular
combination of beliefs is unusual. Many religions do
not recognize a supreme being, and a number do not
believe in gods at all.

Several religions ignore questions about the origins of
the uiniverse and life, leaving these problems to be
dealt with instead by nonreligious myth.

Many religions assume that the gods take little interest
in human affairs. Some have almost nothing to say about
life after death and many - perhaps most - do not link
our earthly morality with our fate beyond the grave.
Obviously, religion cannot be defined in terms of
Western religious tradition alone.

I hope that clarifies things for you. Perhaps next time
you could ask me for clarification before you jump in.
Thank You.

cont'd ...

Dear Yuyutsu,

I believe that Hinduism has more than one God.