Values Are Tapes We Play On The

What Creates Freedom? A Revolution In The Streets? Mass Protest? Civil War? A Change Of Government? The Ousting Of The Old Guard And Its Replacement By The New? History, More Often Than Not, Shows That Hopes Raised By Such Events Are Often Dashed, Sooner Rather Than Later.

The Supreme Religious Challenge Is To See God’s Image In One Who Is Not In Our Image.

God's Forgiveness Allows Us To Be Honest With Ourselves. We Recognize Our Imperfections, Admit Our Failures, And Plead To God For Clemency.

Science Will Explain How But Not Why. It Talks About What Is, Not What Ought To Be. Science Is Descriptive, Not Prescriptive; It Can Tell Us About Causes But It Cannot Tell Us About Purposes. Indeed, Science Disavows Purposes.

Religion Creates Community, Community Creates Altruism And Altruism Turns Us Away From Self And Towards The Common Good... There Is Something About The Tenor Of Relationships Within A Religious Community That Makes It The Best Tutorial In Citizenship And Good Neighborliness.