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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I like you PP. you seem like an incredibly fair person. On one hand I want to ask what you, yourself, believe but on the other i don't want to know because I hope you agree with me. [/quote]

Well, it's complicated - my mother was raised Catholic, my father is Bouddhist, they are from different non-English-speaking countries, I lived in Anglo-Saxon countries and went to private Protestant schools. At 7, I decided to hold Bible classes during playdates and used to believe very fervently that Jesus came to my room at night to listen to me.

I would love to believe in a higher power. I hope there is one. My favorite short story is one by Isaac Asimov called The Last Question - it blends Christian influences with sci fi.
Now my scientific training does not allow me to follow a specific religion, since I see that religions are man-made and based on rituals and storytelling - very psychologically effective ones, created at a time when illiterate peoples sought political leadership and unity, not just the meaning of life. My husband is atheist but what he really believes in is Science (he's a scientist too). To him, it is a religion - but of course he denies it when I point it out to him!

This is why I want my kids to know as much as possible - to form their own opinions.

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