Zen teachers often say that their teachings are like a finger pointing at the moon. The finger is useful because of what it points us toward, not as an object of study for its own sake.  Western epistemology is based on ongoing reductive analysis the prophets’ fingers. Add this to the fact that religion is so fluid that it seeps into the cracks of our personalities, and we have the current state of religion in the United States.  Join Bob DeFillipis as he talks about his spiritual journey from Roman Catholicism to where he is today.