IF LIBERALS DIDN'T LIKE AMERICA, WE'D VOTE REPUBLICAN.

I don't think it is spiritually healthy to attempt to persuade someone to believe the way you do. I believe God dwells in each of us and needs to be discovered from the inside rather than from the without. That way, at least whatever you find will be genuine, rather than bought or stolen. Having someone save you takes away the mystery and makes the journey less than authentic.

What do angels do for a living? If they're out there doing good, why aren't they kicking George W's ass? Why aren't they sitting on the shoulders of those torturing prisoners saying to cut that crap out? Or why aren't they chasing away crack dealers from in front of my grandmas house. Or protecting little ones being abused by there parents? I'm waiting on an angel to let me know about God. Is He or She for real? What about when I die. Am I going up, down, or sideways? Heaven? Hell? I saw on TV I can call 1-900-ANSWERS. For only $4.95 I can get this stuff figured out. Crap, wouldn't you know it. No answer. Must be out to lunch.

* Attend church irregularly.
* Spend more time doing good. Get rid of racial and gay jokes. Accept diversity. Practice tolerance. Give up the notion that your way is the only way.
* Rather than collecting possessions, collect friends.
* Give 10% of your income to those less fortunate.
* Don't believe everything you hear, even if the messenger is wearing a collar, robe, or designer suit. Be particularly skeptical if the messenger has a TV program. It may not be your soul that they are interested in.
* If you think your God is bigger and better than mine, how about walking on a bed of red-hot coals, kind of as a sign?
* If you're practicing right-wing, Christian, Republicanism, I'd advise you to get out. It's not nice trying to fool God into thinking there are only white people prone towards stupidity.

We are each fashioned after the divine. We each have a spark of the beginning in us. We should treat one another accordingly. There's nothing fancy about it.

I don't mind people making mistakes. Hell, I've made a few over the years myself. What I don't like are people who make mistakes and won't admit it, or try to gloss over it, or cover them up. I don't like people who can't live up to what they do. They don't seem genuine to me. Being human means making mistakes. It's part of the territory, part of our DNA makeup. In fact, it's quite possible we evolved as a mistake. I'm guessing God would have preferred all baboon's, or gorilla's. So mistakes are part of our nature, that dark, lonely, painful, bit of a reminder that God goofed and maybe made us by mistake.