> -- All of this is such a waste of space. As if it mattered whether you are
> an atheist or not, so what?
Yet this is an oddly relevant theme today, when the UK census form
impertinently asks people to summarise their religious beliefs in one word -
Christian, Muslim, Jewish, none, etc. All labels for members of
institutional churches. Yet the most spiritual people I know don't have
formal religious affiliations like this.
There's a write-in box for "Other". What to put? A hippyish acquaintance is
writing "All is One". A beautifully succinct statement of her beliefs. A lot
of my students will be writing in "Jedi". Good for them.
I'm tempted to put "Religion: Poet", but I guess that would be a bit
pretentious.
George
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George Simmers
Snakeskin Poetry Webzine is at
http://www.snakeskin.org.uk
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