[abandon]

But I do not understand...

You do not understand becuase you believe that what works for you is what should work for everyone. Abandon (rim-shot) that view and you might begin to understand how many people lead happy, prosperous, loving lives without a concept of God as an influence in their lives.

Your faith has obvious value to you. That is a wonderful thing because it makes you a person who has a connection to the world that you experience. Other people make connections in other ways, without the faith you have.

To insist that everyone place the value in faith the way you have is, I think, unreasonable. There are too many differences among us to think that one way to place yourself in an immense universe is the only way that works for people.

[ArGee]

You do not understand becuase you believe that what works for you is what should work for everyone. Abandon (rim-shot) that view and you might begin to understand how many people lead happy, prosperous, loving lives without a concept of God as an influence in their lives.

I will not abandon the view that the truth is what is best for everyone.

I know, I know. You do not believe it to be a universal truth. But I know it to be one. Therefore, I know it will "work" for everyone.

BTW: Christianity is not an electric circuit. It isn't something that can be said to be working or broken. It is a relationship with the G-d of all. To say it "works" or "doesn't work" is silly. It is either true or it isn't. That is the only language that makes sense.

Shalom.