It was hard at times, being religious. That wasn't expected of someone who was serious about academics. It was even discouraged. But my interest in the religion just deepened. . . . It is an anthropocentric religion, meaning it puts man at the center of the universe.
Man lives and dies, and all existence is within that space.
There is no before and no after. It is about living, and about living according to your individual way of life. It isn't a church. It doesn't have canonical clarity, it doesn't have organization. There is no church at the center of the religion.