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CHRIS HEDGES on Deflating the Ruling Elite through Civil Disobedience [ENCORE] /271

For The Wild

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Do You Need a Religious or Spiritual Background as a Moral Compass?

i ask this question thinking about those of us who have been raised in secular households, or cling to the titles of agnostic or atheist as identities. Do you think we need a religious or spiritual background as we navigate these very tragic times? And if so, what must our religious or spiritual beliefs be grounded in? We do have to distinguish between institutional, you know,religious institutions, and what it means to have religious faith. I asked daniel barragan, the great radical priest, once, how he defined faith. He said it was the belief that the good draws to it the good,. That that's ultimately what faith is.

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