Greetings King David,

and thanks for the context to yourself that you have generously given to all of us.

I have nothing but respect for the path that you have chosen, you have done what you know is right for you in the circumstances of your life, which is the most anyone can do really.

What i would ask is that you respect the rights of others to do the same. It is a difficulty that i have with the notion of religion that so many of its followers feel a burning need to show others how wrong they are. I get that your motivation is fundamentally a good one, you want us to be closer to god. But this is something that i, and a many others here i think, already feel. In fact i dont even feel that god is something seperate from me that i need to get closer to. So it is not so much a question of becoming 'more like god' as becoming more authentically what i am (i am that i am).

While i overstand that this is outside of the bounds of religous thought, perhaps you can at least consider the possibility that there are many roads to the truth?

love and life
paul