{Justification}[4th September 1988]

[Redbook5:341-342][19880904:2022i]{Justification}[4th September 1988]

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Because a new friend of ours turns out to be agnostic or atheist, I have been thinking how I can justify myself, or rather my pursuits. (I find, incidentally, an atheist or agnostic easier than a fundamentalist or creationist). The first point is that I am not answering: I am asking. If my questions give rise to answers, I cannot guarantee that they are right. I am an explorer, not a teacher.*

Secondly, the exploration is worthwhile because if it is possible that there is a God, then if we can discover it and its purpose, we can give authoritative purpose to our own lives, both individually and collectively, by living in accordance with the Purpose of the Spirit. A Society organised** in accordance with that Purpose could live in Harmony with itself and have confidence in the point and purpose of its own existence.

*[vs [Redbook3:6][19860504:0141b]{A Dream: Teaching and Learning}[4^th May 1986] &

[Redbook4:54-55][19870806:2115c;2310c]{Revelation [continued]}[6^th August 1987];

& cf [Redbook4:290-293][19880105:1222]{Student Teacher}[5th January 1988]]

**[Hmm <891011>]

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