"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"-rick-" wrote in message
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I think you're correct that fear and inability to face their own or loved
ones mortality is behind a lot of religious belief.

I think you just hit the nail on the head, rick. It's the common thread
throughout all the world's religions.

Eisboch


That, and the fact that some people are very uncomfortable if they don't
have answers to all of life's questions. So, they answer them by assigning
yet another mystery.