Many, If Not Most, Americans Can Imagine

When We Vest Our Personal Opinions With The Trappings Of Religion, We Make Religion The Servant Of Our Politics.

I Think A Lot Of Us Share A Fear That We And People We Love Will Lose Control Of Our Own Destinies At The End Of Life.

The Old Adage That Polite Conversation Should Not Include Talk Of Politics Or Religion Is Understandable Because Both Subjects Are So Heavily Laden With Emotion That Discussion Can Quickly Turn To Shouting. Blood Is Shed Over Politics, Religion And The Two In Combination.

Plenty Of Kind, Decent, Caring People Have No Religious Beliefs, And They Act Out Of The Goodness Of Their Hearts. Conversely, Plenty Of People Who Profess To Be Religious, Even Those Who Worship Regularly, Show No Particular Interest In The World Beyond Themselves.

We Have A God-given Commission, But It Is Not A Commission To Be Self-righteous Know-it-alls- Quite The Contrary. Our Work In God's World Begins With The Acknowledgment That We Are Not God, And That Our Most Bitter Rivals Are Made In God's Image.