What are your impressions of the PURE approach to Religions?

Susan James: You make good points here Eden. I guess I can equate the concept of different religions like this: there are only 7 notes and 5 half notes and yet every song ever written is made of of those notes. But not everybody likes or is moved by every genre of music. Some like classical, some like rap,, some like heavy metal - but it’s all music, and different kinds of music speaks to/ appeals to different people’s souls. I also have never belonged to a church, but throughout my life I have been seeking a kind of spirituality which can encompass all organized faiths, and/but with both unity and individuality being honoured as fundamental principals. But you’re right about the exclusivity issue - if any religion/doctrine proposes ‘believe this or you are not one of us’ it denotes a human (or committee of humans) making rules which exclude other members of the human family; that is in direct opposition to my concept of God therefore can I in fact accept all dogma and doctrine different from mine? I know that Einstein was right - Problems cannot be solved using the same consciousness that created them. I don’t think I answered your question at all Eden - just made things murkier 🙂. Maybe someone else can address it more succinctly ...