I have tried to argue that each of the four cultures mentioned above equally nourishes religious and secular identities. Let me straightaway home in on one implication of this argument. I believe it follows from what I have said that though on one level the religious and the secular are distinct from each other, another level exists where each is structurally similar to its counterpart. A religious identity informed by ultimate ideals has much in common with a secular identity formed within the same culture. Both in turn may be sharply differentiated from any identity formed by a culture of unfettered desire. The form of identity, therefore, is as important as its content. The content of religious and secular identity is distinct. One is integrally tied to God, the other is not. But on its own this difference need not lead to opposition and hostility. For a conflict to develop, the content must be expressed in a deeply divisive form.