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Sorry, I don't really know how to take your post.

Maybe I'm pissing into the wind hear, but my take on the matter is that most religions are based on a core of spirituality. I've been raised a Christian, I also like to read about other religions, seeking out commonalities. Most religions have the equivilance of "the ten commandmants", although they might not be expressed in the same straight forward way. If you would take the "ten commandments" to heart, and do your honest best to be "Christ-like" in every action, you would be living by the tenets of most religions.

You might have confused my comments on religion and spirituality....there is a difference. Just as there is a difference between spirituality and mysticism. There is also a difference between Mysticism and the occult. I figured I'd get knocked around by someone who was confused by my post :)

The book I mentioned is interesting because it tries (and does an excellent job) of tying in Science and Spirituality. The Religion the author chose to use as a guide was Buddism, mainly because unlike Christianity, the religion of Buddism seems to lend itself better to this particular subject. This is an observation on my part and should not be taken in any way as a slam on Christianity.

Consequently, the book supports a supreme being, so you can chill out.

It does an excellent job (IMHO) of showing how such a Supreme being parallels with current theories of quantum physics. In a nutshell it is one of the few reads that supports science and Spirituality, (or religion, if you choose).

Creation/God...REFORMATION(Judeo-Christianity)---secular-govt.-humanism/SCIENCE---CIVILIZATION!

Originally the word liberal meant social conservatives(no govt religion--none) who advocated growth and progress---mostly technological(knowledge being absolute/unchanging)based on law--reality... UNDER GOD---the nature of GOD/man/govt. does not change. These were the Classical liberals...founding fathers-PRINCIPLES---stable/SANE scientific reality/society---industrial progress...moral/social character-values(private/personal) GROWTH(limited NON-intrusive PC Govt/religion---schools)!

Evolution...Atheism-dehumanism---TYRANNY(pc/liberal/govt-religion/rhetoric)...

Then came the SPLIT SCHIZOPHRENIA/ZOMBIE/BRAVE-NWO1984 LIBERAL NEO-Soviet Darwin/ACLU America---the post-modern...DARK/Dork---post-rational/logic age---

Thanks for the recommendation. For a long while now, I've felt that God and consciousness will escape any small, reductionist boxes we try to put them into. Some meld of quantum mechanics and Buddhism moves in the right conceptual direction, always acknowledging that concept is not reality, and that direction is not antithetical to Christianity unless Christians themselves draw the line. I just ordered to book.