We have a need to be religious, we need to worship, we need to build totems and shrines and icons, but nobody's sure in honor of what.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
You take the best of our tradition as a start, and I'll take the best of Christianity ... From there we can build.
We need worship for our spirit, fellowship for our soul and committed subservience for our body.
As temples of the Holy Spirit. we should have communion with the Holy Spirit. The work of any believer is not only the work of a human individual, but is actually the work of the Holy Spirit.
We don't see ourselves as just a place where we come to worship but as a beacon and a bearer of the culture and a bearer of what makes us a people. But I like to say that this is not necessarily unique to us. It is really what America is all about.
We should strive for steadiness, and for a commitment to God that does not ebb and flow with the years or the crises of our lives.
We have a lot of historical and religious baggage in our culture. It's ancient; we are clannish as a species. We like things to fit into boxes, and it's unfortunate because humans are unique and should be celebrated and embraced as such.
We need religion as a guide. We need it because we are imperfect. Our government needs the church, because only those humble enough to admit they are sinners can bring to democracy the tolerance it requires in order to survive.
It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God - but to create him.
This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.
Shrines! Shrines! Surely you don't believe in the gods. What's your argument? Where's your proof?