September 2nd, 1995
George asks Walt to start talking about “god” and what that means to him, which he assumes is not what it means to others. A concept of god, for Walt, that doesn’t touch the real world is meaningless… there is no way life is by chance – it has meaning… What is the source of meaning? Walt explores changes in the source of meaning over time and cultures… We only know about god through what god has chosen to reveal… Man cannot describe god… Everything comes from belief…..it’s like life – you cannot prove it you can only believe… Institutional religion has taken the grace of god away from the world… Rules become the sacred.
Walt ends with a very personal story about how pride played a role in his relationship with his wife and what he learned about himself through that episode.
