...like A Magnetic Compass Turning North, I

...the Single Destination Of Sanctity Could Admit Of So Many Different Avenues Leading To It.

The Self Is Too Small An Object For Perpetual Enthusiasm.

Historically, Religion Has Given People Another World To Live In, A World More Adaptive To The Human Spirit. As A Student Of World Religions, I See Religion As The Winnower Of The Wisdom Of The Human Race. Of Course, Not Everything About These Religions Is Wise. Their Social Patterns, For Example - Master-slave, Caste, And Gender Relations - Have Been Adopted From The Mores Of Their Time. But In Their View Of The Nature Of Reality, There Is Nothing In Either Modernity Or Postmodernity That Rivals Them.

We All Carry It Within Us: Supreme Strength, The Fullness Of Wisdom, Unquenchable Joy. It Is Never Thwarted, And Cannot Be Destroyed.

I Would Not Say That Ethical Behavior Is Not Possible For The Atheist Or Agnostic. It Is. A Couple Of Pretty Good Examples Are Bertrand Russell And Jean-paul Sartre. However, I Will Have To Say That If We Take The Human Lot As A Whole, These Two Men Must Be Seen As Exceptions.