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Parvez
08 April 02:21AM
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Like Socrates said: There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.

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triara
08 May 08:18AM
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There is a difference between religion and being spiritual.  Religion cans itself like spam once it catches on.  I think of organized religion like fast food.
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Lauren
12 April 09:14PM
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Ignorance is the refusal to look at the fullness of the human condition as a way of guarding one's assumptions and certainties. A mature mind is one that turns in curiosity towards even the most perplexing aspects of the human condition even at the risk of becoming un...
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triara
08 May 08:20AM
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I think they can have a spiritual heart, which can happen with or without belonging to an organized religion.  I do not think they are contradictions at all.
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Parvez
13 April 06:23AM
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Dear allaboutlove, I have no doubt that a religious person can have a mature mind. I have had the good fortune of knowing a few :-) Not just mature but also very wise and undertanding of dummies like myself.
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Lauren
14 April 08:57PM
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Dear Parvez, I also believe religion can go both ways: it can further ignorance and prejudice or it can open the soul to wisdom.  Where religion asserts itself with rigidity, seeking to dessimate all other worldviews -- whether by insult or by violence -- it is ignor...
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