We Are Conscious That Religions Cannot Solve

At The Same Time We Are Aware That Our Various Religions And Ethical Traditions Often Offer Very Different Bases For What Is Helpful And What Is Unhelpful For Men And Women, What Is Right And What Is Wrong, What Is Good And What Is Evil.

I Am Firmly Convinced That There Is Life After Death, Not In A Primitive Sense But As The Entry Of My Completely Finite Person Into God's Infinity, As A Transition Into Another Reality Beyond The Dimension Of Space And Time That Pure Reason Can Neither Affirm Nor Deny.

I Don't Cling To Earthly Life Because I Believe In Eternal Life. That's The Big Distinction Between My Point Of View And A Purely Secular Position.

In The Event That My Illness Worsens, I Want To Have A Guarantee That I Can Die In A Dignified Manner. Nowhere In The Bible Does It Say That A Person Has To Stick It Out To The Decreed End. No One Tells Us What "decreed" Means.

Time And Again We See Leaders And Members Of Religions Incite Aggression, Fanaticism, Hate, And Xenophobia - Even Inspire And Legitimate Violent And Bloody Conflicts.