[Tinasblue]

i grew up in a born again baptist christian family, which means also extended family, friends and relatives. i was brought up on a diet of the bible from the perceptions of those that meant they had found the answers. i had to listen twice each sunday and each wednesday and of course that vacation bible school during the summer. some things i could understand, other's i couldn't. what i did find out was that the questions about our consciousness and where we came from were very important to find an answer to. i didn't get around to challenging the assumptions that i was given until i was 37 years old. that was back in 87. today, i thank my christian background because it gave me a fundament from which to search for more. in all that searching, i have learned to appreciate the fact that the clues to the metaphors spoken by jesus, are not to be found in the bible. new and exciting understandings are to be discovered. if you want to know more you will have to email me privately. mike from norway