I Think I Get From

Every Single One Of The Major World Faiths, Whether We're Talking About Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Darwinism, Judaism, Christianity And Islam, Have All Come To The Conclusion That What Holds Us Back From Our Better Self Is Ego, Selfishness, Greed, Unkindness, Hatred. And It All Springs From A Sense Of Thwarted Ego.

We Talk About God As Though He Was Like A Somebody. We Ask Him To Bless Our Nation, Or Save Our Queen, Or Give Us A Fine Day For The Picnic. And We Actually Expect Him To Be On Our Side In An Election Or War Even Though Our Opponents Are Also God's Children.

We Are Opinionated Society. We're Very Happy To Spout Forth Our Own Views; We're Not Good About Listening. We Have To Listen To Other's Stories. Learn To Listen To The Stories Of The Terrorists Just As We Hope That They Will Listen To Ours Because Very Often These Narratives Express Frustrations, Fears, And Anxieties That Most Societies Can Safely Ignore.

My Study Of Religion, Which I Regard In Many Ways As An Art Form, Is A Search For Meaning.

I Used To Hate Religion, I Loathed It In My Angry Days.