According to Kant, among those who believe in God, there are those who truly believe in God, and there are those who, in consideration of the eternal consequences, choose to lay their eggs in God's basket, just in case God really exists.

And if God really does exist, are we not to learn the great lessons from Buddha and Mohammed? What did Mahatma Ghandi mean when he answered the question 'are you Hindu' with, "yes, and I am Muslim, Buddhist, Jewish, and Christian, too?" Was Ghandi on to something, or just on something?

Dr. King thought Ghandi was onto something. The year before Black people in Mississippi received the right to vote, he stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and shared his dream. It was the one hundred years since the Emancipation Proclamation, and he had to tell one state, from those steps, to give our Black brothers and sisters the right to vote. When he really gets into his dream, though, it is one of equality for all, and he welcomed his White brothers and sisters to follow him into civil disobedience, just as Ghandi led his people. Those who silenced both Ghandi and Dr. King, gave them the immortality of martyrdom, just as Jesus Christ and Socrates were given. I imagine Dr. King's beautiful and bellowing voice resonating with no tremble of fear. In that entire dream, I focus on one line: "unjust suffering is redemptive."

Mother Theresa was blessed with her natural death. She suffered neither in life nor death. It was those she served who were unjustly suffering, and she sought to comfort their pain and agony. She was a Guardian Angel sent directly from Heaven in life. She humbly performed her perceived duty, and, when the world noticed, she used its heapings selflessly to intensify her devotion. If there is a God, She deserved His Personal escort back to Her rightful place amongst the Saints upon death.

How can I be so conflicted? Did I really confess to the Pentecostals that one Spring so I could play on the softball team in the church league? It was not a very good team proved by the fact that I started and hit sixth. Even that confused me; I understood losing to the Baptists considering God is fair and equitable, and taking into account how far their minister could hit the ball. We prayed for strength and victory before each and every game. He granted us one forfeit, and let the Buddhists beat us twice! Was He sending me a signal?

And then I examine the flawless logic in Darwin's natural selection model, and I just

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