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Ep. 18 – The Unpreachable Religion

Alan Watts Being in the Way

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The Attitude of Man

I've looked at so many buildings lately of an ecclesiastical nature and marveled at the pure ingenuity for religious ugliness that lies behind them. There is nothing in the remotest bit beautiful about them. And this reflects the idea of God as a very solemn, serious father of the universe who has created the world for some purpose to which our attitude is supposed to be sort of a stiffer's marine saluting flag. In view of the kind of churches we have, this is exceedingly gloomy prospect for the spending of eternity. But unfortunately this is the idea ofGod that is in the back of our minds.

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