>Can you imagine a congregation of believers
>which you could share a ritual with, contacting them at a human
>level, without needing to believe as they do or to convert them
>to your way of thinking?
Well, yes, I can. And as long as they don't try to convert me, or to tell me what they _believe_ is a _fact_, I'm happy to observe the ritual for what it is- a display of traditional comfort theatre.
But, dammit, I _am_ a rabid atheist....
but of human obligation." - John Fowles
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Wade T. Smith --- morbius@channel1.com