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To: Hunble

Exactly! The story of the four blind men experiencing the elephant is an excellent parable of man's relationship with the Divine. One blind man touches the elephant's trunk, and decides it's a type of snake. Another touches the leg and thinks it's like a tree, etc. Religion is a filter allowing humans to use their finite perceptions to experience the infinite.
I don't consider myself a Christian anymore, even though I believe Jesus was exactly who he said he was, and I tend to follow the spirit of his teachings closer than a lot of Christians.


38 posted on 10/07/2004 4:34:52 PM PDT by Ostlandr (Nationalist, small-r republican, fiscal conservative, social liberal, pagan. NOT a Bush partisan!)
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To: Ostlandr
Wicca is based upon an exploration of the beliefs of the pre-Christians Celts. History had not recorded those beliefs, but by careful study of how the Celts influenced other religions, it can be slowly pieced together.

There is an important reason why the Celts in British Isles were so rapidly converted to Christianity. They did not see a conflict, and Christianity shared many of their former religious beliefs. Over the years, may of the ancient Celtic beliefs were also adopted by Christianity.

40 posted on 10/07/2004 4:50:37 PM PDT by Hunble
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