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Great analysis, as always and I very much appreciate the depth of thought in your secular liturgy. I’d like to suggest a third alternative. Clear thinking that creates meaning, while at the same time being open to supra-natural possibilities. Why do some people feel transported in prayer or meditation? What urges a person to save another life at risk of their own? Can we have religious meaning-making that replaces God as figurehead with God as movement? Is sacrificial atonement necessary to save our world or does our real presence- at every moment - do that? Here’s how I answer the questions: 1. Do you believe in God? Yes, perhaps in a different way than most, are you curious to know how? 2. Do you think Jesus rose from the dead? Yes, in his spiritual nature, as we all may be able to do. When my beloved brother died tragically at 29 many years ago, my best friend had a vision of him at the end of her bed shaking her awake and saying “tell them I’m okay, just tell them I’m okay.” She said it was more real than real, and she has not feared death since. (My most practical and down to earth friend by the way, and the wife of a funeral director). Peter Fenwick’s research on this phenomenon is worth a look. 3. Would you lie to save innocent lives? Yes, without a moment’s hesitation, unless the lie would harm even more lives, then I would need more specific information.

I am so grateful you are in the world at this moment in time sharing your wisdom and thoughts. “Sustained, caring attention” is difficult and beautiful and what we truly need, and what nefarious forces are trying to take from us and erase. We must not let them

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