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People dedicated to the premise that a rational, objective basis for spirituality
exists: which allows us to experience a profound, reasoned, non-theological spirituality that doesn’t depend
on leaps of faith, magic, mysticism or blind acceptance and, as a result, avoids the deadly conflicts and "Holy" wars that
occur between, and among, the followers of many, if not most, of the world’s religious belief systems.
"The man who says to me, ‘Believe as I do or God will damn you,’ will presently say, ‘Believe
as I do or I shall assassinate you.’ "
Voltaire, 1767
"For hundreds of thousands of years, reason has served as the primary survival tool of our species. After
the Greeks defined it 2500 years ago, reason survived the fall of the Roman Empire and a thousand years of the Dark Ages to
emerge as the foundation of the Renaissance. Today, Reason Based Spirituality celebrates the mystery,
the reality and the compassion of creation; the sacred gifts of existence, consciousness and identity and the
shared experiences of both the creator and the created--without the labels."
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