->  J> Atheists have an irrational trust in human reason. :-)
-> 
->  J> Making an effort to learn how the other side thinks...is interesting
WRT
->  J> politics...IMO important WRT 'religion'
->  J> Seems to me that religion is undergoing a large change...what
changes have
->  J> you perceived? If you do not accept religion, is there no spiritual
feeling
->  J> left?
->  J> If do, in what way? If not, what gives your life purpose, meaning?
-> 
-> If you studied Eastern Spiritualism you'd never ask such a shallow
Western
-> question.
-> -- 
Incorrect in two ways. As a student of Mahanaya Buddhism for several
decades
as well (with lesser intensity) Taoism, Sufis, Jains, and in particular the
Vedas...I don't feel any religious question shallow,  or 'western'.

Given that you do...what are your answers?

Cheers!
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