All -isms End Up In Schisms.

Seen Through The Eyes Of Faith, Religion's Future Is Secure. As Long As There Are Human Beings, There Will Be Religion For The Sufficient Reason That The Self Is A Theomorphic Creature - One Whose Morphe (form) Is Theos - God Encased Within It. Having Been Created In The Imago Dei, The Image God, All Human Beings Have A God-shaped Vacuum Built Into Their Hearts. Since Nature Abhors A Vacuum, People Keep Trying To Fill The One Inside Them.

Water Is Patient; It Can Stagnate And Let Itself Be Coated With Scum If Need Be. It Is As Gentle As The Morning's Dew. It Is Non-confrontational, Even Respectful, In Circumventing The Rocks In A Stream. It Makes Room For Everything That Enters Its Pools. It Accommodates By Assuming The Shape Of Any Vessel It Is Poured Into. And It Is Humble, Seeking Always The Lowest Level. Yet Along With - Or Rather Because Of These Adaptive, Yielding Properties, It Is Ultimately Irresistible; It Carves Canyons Out Of Stone.

I Am Profoundly Moved And Persuaded By The Near-death Experience.

I Grew Up Taking It For Granted That Missionaries Were What American Boys Grew Up To Be.

After His Great Awakening, The Buddha Continued To Meditate And To Devote Himself To Others; Otherwise His Vision Would Have Receded Into A Pleasant Memory.