Who Knows?: A Study of Religious Consciousness

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WHO KNOWS? WHO KNOWS? A Study of Religious Consciousness Raymond M. Smullyan This book is a publication of Indiana University Press 601 North Morton Street Bloomington, Indiana 47404-3797 USA http://iupress.indiana.edu Telephone orders 800-842-6796 Fax orders 812-855-7931 Orders by e-mail iuporder@indiana.edu© 2003 by Raymond Smullyan All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. The Association of American University Presses’ Resolution on Permissions constitutes the only exception to this prohibition. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Smullyan, Raymond M. Who knows? : a study of religious consciousness / Raymond Smullyan. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-253-34198-1 (alk. paper) — ISBN 0-253-21574-9 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Religion. 2. Hell. 3. Future life. 4. God. 5. Christianity. 6. Gardner, Martin, 1914– Whys of a philosophical scrivener. 7. Bucke, Richard Maurice, 1837–1902. Cosmic consciousness. I. Title. BL50 .S59 2003 210—dc21 2002008868 1 2 3 4 5 08 07 06 05 04 03 I believe all religions are true. —Walt Whitman I believe no religions are true. —Anonymous ...