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2026-03-23 14:19 UTC
@petealexharris@mastodon.scot when I was a kid I happened to read The Religions of Man by Huston Smith. As the title indicates it was typical mid 20th c Western academic writing, but he had a gift for sharing something of the interior reason why people value their religions as a practitioner. After each religion was covered I would feel a bit of regret that I hadn’t been brought up in the covered religion. 1/2
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@jayalane@mastodon.online 2026-03-23 14:20
@petealexharris@mastodon.scot It shifted my default for talking about religion to seeking to understand the good people experience from their path to the ultimate, away from arguing over the differences from my path. (As a confirmed Episoscopalian with liturgical opinions that shift helps every week at church, much less when talking to my neighbors or traveling). 2/2