> Deanna wrote: > You could offer to go to a Unitarian church with the family - it won't > upset your agnostic sensibilities, yet will allow your wife to honor > her belief system as well. It's a nice balance. >
Also I think the discussion is worth having again (but that's how I am) if only to explore your beliefs more. That is, it's easy to say what isn't when there's no proof, but much harder to say what is. If you aren't familiar, you should read about the the apostle Thomas of "doubting Thomas" fame. He's more my speed, that is, Gnostic. To me Gnosticism (and maybe Deism) is more about the search for the truth which is what Thomas said gave humans "the light". In this respect he greatly differed from John who felt that only worship of God and acceptance into Heaven gave humans the light. Anyway, I love to read about theoretical physics which, to me, is modern day Gnosticism. For example, you could say the book The Bit and the Pendulum is almost Gnostic in it's questions it asks of the true nature of reality. My guess is that most people that believe in God do so simply while Gnosticism is a life long pursuit. Finally, there's a difference between spirituality and religion. The first is admirable, the second is downright scary. Ray's friends sound like they're into the second. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:221666 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
