Just a thing to think about...
after studying religion as a social phenomenon...
I am a bit skeptical of the whole she-bang..really...
and don't feel much better about crystals, and sage, and the four corners, and spirits in the sky, and prophets and self-proclaimed seers and wise people who can supposedly guide us or advise us, and rewards in paradise, and chosen ones...
I will stick with quantum physics as a primary explanation for a lot of things that people still can't understand, ..and the awareness that the human mind is not able to grasp it's own demise-so everlasting life is a powerfully attractive thing...
...and that the "wisdom" often granted transcendent status is just good psychology and philosphy for living...delayng gratification, being kind and gentle, learning to focus and not expect things, living healthy, living responsibly...
...but we humans have to attach additional meanings and be ritualisitic to reinforce our constructed beliefs and claims to truth, so we light candles, wear robes, say words in certain orders, grant transcendent status to others, explain things beyond our current science with supernatural explanation...
yes, this is my theory, and the theory of many others. But with 80-85% of the world's population (or more) believing in diety or dieties, it is not a popular sentiment. I can accept this. AND I do not feel sad, deprived, without a moral compass just because I do not believe in a god in the same sense most do.
There. Let me have it.
You're RIGHTEOUS man.......... Seriously, I love you. My favorite quote EVERRRRRRR:
ReplyDeleteThis world is merely an illusion, all beit a very persistent one.
Einstien
String theory is beautiful.........oooooo & fractal geometry, oooooooooo & campfires............. And getfiddles & I miss you!
"In Christianity neither morality nor religion come into contact with reality at any point."
ReplyDeleteI know he was horribly sexist, but Nietzsche had some good points on religion.....