Several months I was polled by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. Very interesting. I thought of it again after Obama's inauguration, as he made the radical assertion that this country has a lot of religions. There are even non-believers!
Personally, I find non-belief much more appealing than belief. As a Catholic, I grew up with an elaborate system of paradox, mystery, and ritual (at its best) and glib, empty formalism (at its worst). Zen works for me for many reasons, but I have no doubt that my skepticism extends from my Catholicism. And it is grounded, phenomenologically speaking, in my Zen practice.
This poll is quite interesting. I will post more on it later.
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