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So why is there such a war and alienation from religion in our society, from Judaism and Christianity?

I'd like to offer you the essence of the war comes from the deepest parts of the human being,

not to want to be commanded on how to live.

I think that that is why there is such a desire to the point where you even have, just as I meet with you now, in the

state of Massachusetts, there is a lawsuit to drop the words under God from the Pledge of Allegiance.

One has to be honest, there is a war against God and religion, certainly anywhere in the public

sphere. It's done in the name of separation of church and state. I don't want to get into that

because it would take a seminar on it or five minutes at the course that we have on that at

Prater University on the internet, on the YouTube.

But I just, it's clear.

People don't want, people fear and don't want religion.

And there's got to be a reason.

And I am convinced that the battle is ultimately, the battle today is, am I guided by my feelings, or am I guided by something that is higher than myself? In a nutshell, I am convinced that that's what the battle is about, and feelings have become the most important thing.

How do you feel about it?

Let me give you example after example

about the substitution of feelings for standards, for values,

certainly for commandments.

We have substituted how do you feel about it for is it right.

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