You can be spiritual without the church


	You can be spiritual without the church

papananook

3-4-2008 2:28 PM

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papananook says:

I'm not sure how to "bring people of all races, cultures and heritage together under one happy banner" but I have followed a spiritual path for all my life without a church or organized releigion...Look under any rock in nature and within your own soul and heart to find the Divine. Dogma kills the soul.

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3-4-2008 2:52 PM

abailart

That makes you one of the richest people in the world.

3-4-2008 3:16 PM

papananook

Thanks, Abailart, I count you among my brothers of the Spirit!

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