Its like I said Joe,The acceptance of orthodox religion demands the suspension of reason.

The moment we rationalise religious faith, we become hypocrites......or atheists.

My advice?....I wouldn't be so condesending, but personally I get great comfort from the constancy of the natural cycle...and knowing my tiny piece of space in that cycle.

The true believers deny what is obvious to all who reason, as in the age of our planet and many other things, that is what is meant by testing ones faith. I have a degree of respect for those who can do it, but none for the pickers and choosers.

You're a very intelligent man Joe, and you are always going to have to struggle against what your brain is telling you.
I think thats what the Bishop was trying to say from his viewpoint.
Maybe he was also trying to say that humanity should start to reclaim spirituality,the power which is within us all but which has been rationalised almost to extinction....Ake