Were that it was so easy! I couldn't agree more with the opinion that this is truly the essence of religion.

Perhaps if our faith communities would spend less time defining orthodox beliefs and more time in transformational spiritual practices we'd all be better off. But alas, it is easier to turn into the thought police than to deal with our own souls.

I think I remember that Abraham Lincoln said he would join a church when he found one that had the golden rule as its creed.
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I don't believe what religious conservatives preach about the Bible. Most of the time, in fact, I think they get the Bible ass-backward, ignoring the most important teachings of Jesus, which place love and compassion above greed and intolerance.