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My children and church . . .

6/9/2015

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Did you raise your children with a religious or spiritual background? 
The simple answer to that question, which by any way is "loaded", is no and no.  I did not raise my children in an organized religion, I didn't even raise them in an unorganized spirituality.  I raised my children to know that they needed to have minds of their own.  If I taught them anything I hope it was how to think for themselves.  I told them both they were smart enough to make their own decisions about "faith".  Of course we discussed God, even Jesus, Buddha, and when asked, I'd explain what I faithfully "believe" to be real.  What I wanted them to understand is that nobody knows anything for sure.  We can all make up stories, we can all pretend we know, we can even claim we collectively know.  We just can't know the actuality beyond the shadow of any doubt because in truth, we are the actuality.

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    About Janet:

    Janet DeLong, PhD, is a philosophical writer.  She'd tell you that is by default, we know it's by design.  While her perceptions are not always comfortable, they are always
    intriguing.

    Why am I answering your questions?
    I'm answering, in part, because it amuses me that my response to that question could be just as cryptic:  "Maybe I'm not."  That lets me laugh.  Truth is, words really do hold power.  How language is used to communicate, all the words, phrases, sentences, intrigue me.

    It has always been a challenge to be able to communicate my truth on every single level I can think it.  I've actually accomplished that twice, in two sentences.  The best sentence I've ever written:  "pi will id."  And the truth:  "When you finally understand yourself a particle, you wave."

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