excellent last post little hawk. that list, in one way or another is exactly what is dragging the majority of "sheep" away from thinking about the age old question of where we came from. everyone is entitled to draw their own parameters of their relationship with the divine but when drawn from strict dogma and nothing more it becomes a very dangerous and impersonal endeavor for my liking.

my personal approach could very well be construed as agnostic because i believe it to be a true statement. that being said i also believe in the divine in one way or another. more of a spirtual incarnation i suspect but do not really want to confine my mind with such specifics.   after all, i could be wrong!

in essence i have left myself an open ended ticket and find it to be quite the builder of faith as opposed to my catholic up-bringing which gave me the moral toolbox, if you will, but little else.

the quote about becoming childlike to obtain the gates of heaven was new to me but i found it very reasuring in the sense that it is the exact conclusion i came to on my own. saying i just don't know and fighting like hell to maintain my childlike awe at the concept of divinity. zen in a word. i wish i could say that it came overnight but it took years.

now that i'm done with my little diatribe on personal beliefs i would like to say that dylan's gospel period is hardly my favorite but it's ok. i would credit dear landlord as being the end all of dylan's spiritual songs. it isn't too often that you get to hear someone else have a heartfelt conversation with the divine.