Andrew, I'm not Conrad. Maybe I don't want to be contacted...
Here's what I think of the whole sherade.
We all base our beliefs on observations. For instance whenever you drop something it falls to the ground. So you conclude for yourself that whenever you drop something it will fall. Inductive reasoning. The same is how we learn to talk. We match words with emotions. Then we go on to use deductive reasoning from inducttive reasoning in order to understand more. So are we not all using a form of science? A search for truth?
Then comes religion. For aspects of life that we can't comprehend at all, we decide to conclude a higher being working its magic. Then as we progress in life we teach others from our findings, and we build on what eachother said. Religion eventually becomes much more formal and isn't really there to explain things it used to. Its there to give you moral values and such.
Essentially we are digging deeper and deeper into an infinite amount of knowledge. There will be no end until we decide to stop digging. I think its just more fun to sit back, relax, and watch all the digging.
And
I think that THAT is what it's all about.
[This message has been edited by Lao Tzu (edited July 08, 2001).]