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Lomanno wrote:
 
> Organized religion, to me, is that "fake" feeling that everything's
> alright with the world just because god is there. I don't need something
> separate from myself to "judge between experiences."  I can judge for
> myself; I know the difference between right and wrong, and I don't need
> the threat of eternal damnation to make me a good person :)
 
Knowing the difference between right and wrong and knowing that one is
better than the other is a religious, or at least God-based, activity. 
Meaning *is* God, in a profoundly western sense. 

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Matt Kozusko    mkozusko@parallel.park.uga.edu

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