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<blockquote data-quote="BrownArmy" data-source="post: 3569921" data-attributes="member: 18225">I hear you, and I&#039;m glad that you&#039;ve had the experience you&#039;ve had;&nbsp; in my mind, that&#039;s what religion really is about, putting yourself in the hands of something greater than you, forming communities, and doing the right thing.As long as you understand that the path to that personal salvation you&#039;re talking about has many, many different roads, then we understand each other.Think about it this way, if you were born in Tibet, odds are you&#039;re a Buddhist.If you were born in India, you&#039;re gonna be either a Hindu, a Muslim, or a Christian.Russia?&nbsp; Christian, Muslim, or some diminishing possibilities.If you were born in the USA, odds are you&#039;re Christian, but we could break&nbsp; &#039;Christian&#039; down into probably seventeen different categories, all reading out of the same book.The great thing about the States is you can be whoever you want:Out of many, one.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BrownArmy, post: 3569921, member: 18225"] I hear you, and I'm glad that you've had the experience you've had; in my mind, that's what religion really is about, putting yourself in the hands of something greater than you, forming communities, and doing the right thing. As long as you understand that the path to that personal salvation you're talking about has many, many different roads, then we understand each other. Think about it this way, if you were born in Tibet, odds are you're a Buddhist. If you were born in India, you're gonna be either a Hindu, a Muslim, or a Christian. Russia? Christian, Muslim, or some diminishing possibilities. If you were born in the USA, odds are you're Christian, but we could break 'Christian' down into probably seventeen different categories, all reading out of the same book. The great thing about the States is you can be whoever you want: Out of many, one. [/QUOTE]

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