(there is something there-some force, or truth, perhaps-to put it at its most general. I sense it, and I suppose I'd even go so far as to say that I yearn for it. I want it to be. Maybe that's God. But I find it difficult to accept any statement as to his identity. And as for claims to be the sole interpreter of that force-the sort of claim made by religions that tell you that they have the sole answer-well, what can one say about such arrogance …)