In a message dated 98-12-04 19:53:33 EST, you write: << Truth/falsity are knowledge categories, and as such are scientific and/or historical. Religions structured belief systems, and as such are outside the purview of knowledge; they, being concerned with the METAphysical or ontological underpinnings of things, can be neither proven false nor true. Therefore, the very concept of a "true religion" is a contradiction in terms ( as is that of a false one). Joe >> Hi! But you have to understand that the beliefs stemming from the religion are being applied to teaching of knowledge and science and history . . . So spirituality is concerned with the metaphycical and onotological underpinnings of things - but religion is concerned with applying that spirituality to life and how we perceive it! Peace! Angela
