In the whole area of religious faith, I think we're better off exploring the questions - and not trying to insist that we have the answers. We've all experienced something that is beyond us. Some of us call that God, and some of us don't.

Some of us jump to the conclusion that we know all there is to know about everything, and then the discussion (and the exploration) stops.

I get more than a little nervous around the fundamentalists of most religious (and non-religious) traditions, but I value most religious traditions almost as much as I value my own. At their best, they are a deep, honest exploration of the meaning of this life we live.

-Joe-