About my belief in a future free from suffering and pain, let me add:I believe that this will only come about with the help of the divine tools such as faith, hope, love--the human power to will good--plus science and evolution.

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That is a lovely thought...I can see how it would be comforting to believe that, and gain strength from such belief.

If you think it is a "lovely thought..." then I presume you would like it to be so, okay?

If this is true you do not need to add: "Though I do not share it." All you need add is your gift of will power. I like to say, if anything is to be, it is up to me.

You say, "Souls and gods exist because people believe in them, without belief they are nothing." Right on!

Faith, hope and love are powerful GØD-like spiritual tools.
I would feel I had joined the fools if I refused to use such tools: laugh Pardon the doggerel!

Last edited by Revlgking; 11/04/07 05:55 AM.