re: #186 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Is that some sort of denture cream?

Heh. The meaning is that you best serve “god” by right action/behavior rather than belief. One of the things that we christians should have kept from Jesus’ Judaism. Behavior - keeping kosher for example, the daily rites, sabbath, etc - is the real touchstone between us and the divine. Not if we believe x, y, z. Personally I believe in God, in Jesus teachings but I do not believe that there is an afterlife. That is, rather emphatically, not orthodox teachings. But it does not interfere with, for example, me living by the orthopraxy defined by Jesus in Matthew 25:31-46 among others. I try to concern myself with that - living rightly so that it helps others live well - and not worry about what I or anyone else believes.

Hope that makes sense.