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  1. Bill Van Fleet

    The Religion for Everyone

    See, I don't agree. The vast number of adults do not spend their lives attending college to work on becoming a more ethical person. Ask 100 people on the street where they have always gone as adults to work on becoming a good person. How many would say "college"? One can study various...
  2. Bill Van Fleet

    The Religion for Everyone

    Unitarian Universalism does not. (Some Unitarians do and some don't.) Yes. We are still a toddler. We have a long way to go. Again, you are using your definition of "Religion," not mine. I think that is inaccurate, but my alternative is complicated. It is discussed in the chapter on Basic...
  3. Bill Van Fleet

    The Religion for Everyone

    Yes, I agree with GR and you. But why do you disagree with what you have quoted?
  4. Bill Van Fleet

    The Religion for Everyone

    See, I believe that most everyone makes the mistake of identifying religion as being a belief system requiring the components that you have listed (deity, revealed scripture, supernatural notions). I say it is a mistake, because if you look at everything that we have called a "religion," there...
  5. Bill Van Fleet

    The Religion for Everyone

    mystic64, as you notice Av1001's reason for staying away is "boredom." In the light of the discussion about "fun" and "excitement," it is interesting to consider the excitement that I mentioned in my last post that is related to fighting. You report you are finding nothing in what you are...
  6. Bill Van Fleet

    The Religion for Everyone

    "Fun" is a non-specific term, meaning that the activity is pleasurable, in an exciting sort of way. Indeed, it is ideal that we would derive much pleasure from doing what we believe is the right thing to do. You may be referring to some additional excitement that comes along with fighting...
  7. Bill Van Fleet

    The Religion for Everyone

    I am so grateful that you are taking this interest! When I wrote that book, it was before the current potential of Internet communication, and I consoled myself by recognizing and accepting that what I was writing may never make it to the light of day, or might do so only some day long after my...
  8. Bill Van Fleet

    The Religion for Everyone

    If and when such inaccuracies or ambiguities are found, then I can insert a clarifying edit to prevent future readers from making the same mistake. Or maybe I will find out that I am wrong, in which case I can devote much, much more time to learning ballroom dancing.
  9. Bill Van Fleet

    The Religion for Everyone

    I appreciate what you are doing. What will help, of course, is if you stop at the first sentence that seems incorrect or unclear in the context in which it is written, and then quote it in its paragraph along with your explanation as to why it seems incorrect or unclear. Then I can respond...
  10. Bill Van Fleet

    The Religion for Everyone

    Thank you very much for responding. My books are free and available as downloads or readable directly online (probably the best way). If you go to HUMANIANITY HOME and click on "Philosophy" down at the bottom, it will take you there. The most important books for what you and I are talking...
  11. Bill Van Fleet

    The Religion for Everyone

    BTW, "reality" is a word used quite a bit. If you read my Book3, you will see it has different meanings depending on whether it is used in the Subjective Model, the Objective Model, or theTripartite Model (these terms being defined and described in the book).
  12. Bill Van Fleet

    The Religion for Everyone

    I agree (though I'd say it differently)! (And I'll be going to a dance soon, but will be back.)
  13. Bill Van Fleet

    The Religion for Everyone

    I don't yet know what you mean by "intuitive mind." And you state above, "if he does not expand the sides of his box abit that what he is attempting to do will never get off the ground." Regarding "the intuitive mind," is this different from a feeling of certainty or at least a feeling of some...
  14. Bill Van Fleet

    HUMANIANITY: THE RELIGION FOR EVERYONE

    I am assuming that you all have a basic ethical philosophy that, combined with your perception/understanding of Humanianity, leads you to feel a strong need to destroy my efforts here. I would be very interested in both of those things, and how they fit together. In other words, why is what...
  15. Bill Van Fleet

    HUMANIANITY: THE RELIGION FOR EVERYONE

    And you well know that that outline specifies nothing about what those 5 items are about. Study what? Learn what? Practice what? etc. It is the "what" that is missing, and you know that. If you or anyone has trouble understanding one of my sentences, why not quote it, state what it seems...
  16. Bill Van Fleet

    HUMANIANITY: THE RELIGION FOR EVERYONE

    My goal is to be understood. Your goal, I believe, is to take all meaning out of what I am presenting.
  17. Bill Van Fleet

    HUMANIANITY: THE RELIGION FOR EVERYONE

    Well, it is obvious that you have no wish to understand the concepts I have come up with. Your wish is to demonstrate destructive prowess. I don't know why this is so, and I regret it. I am glad, however, that you asked me to clarify what I was trying to accomplish. It was a good exercise...
  18. Bill Van Fleet

    HUMANIANITY: THE RELIGION FOR EVERYONE

    I have been asked to describe what I am trying to accomplish. To do a meaningful job of that, I will have to go into some detail. What I am trying to accomplish: I am trying to pay forward, in gratitude for all that my species has done for me. What follows is how I am attempting to do that...
  19. Bill Van Fleet

    HUMANIANITY: THE RELIGION FOR EVERYONE

    Yes, for the reasons given, but there is much, much more. Keep reading. See if you agree, and if not, why not?
  20. Bill Van Fleet

    HUMANIANITY: THE RELIGION FOR EVERYONE

    I'm not sure I understand. The Belief Manual is just a place where everyone can see what beliefs are held by how many people. It is a study guide, and a way of knowing to what extent you believe the same as others. There is no requirement of agreement. There is just the ability to see how...
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