RE: How do you deal with life now that you are an atheist? (With a little of my life)
August 25, 2016 at 8:53 am
(This post was last modified: August 25, 2016 at 9:01 am by The Grand Nudger.)
@ op q
The same way that people who -do- have "god by their side" face the unavoidable realities of life. As others have noted, the "god" bit was a mis-attribution of your own abilities, abilities which you and I and everyone else are likely to share.
(As a point of useless trivia, the nt narrative regarding christ taken as a metaphor for one's self - very literally as the archetypal man- is arguably a more robust and meaningful reading of both the text and the body of philosophy underpinning it, around which the narrative is formed. This alone provides a useful explanation for the success of the narrative..and is at least half-heartedly embraced even by those who believe it to be a news report.)
The same way that people who -do- have "god by their side" face the unavoidable realities of life. As others have noted, the "god" bit was a mis-attribution of your own abilities, abilities which you and I and everyone else are likely to share.
(As a point of useless trivia, the nt narrative regarding christ taken as a metaphor for one's self - very literally as the archetypal man- is arguably a more robust and meaningful reading of both the text and the body of philosophy underpinning it, around which the narrative is formed. This alone provides a useful explanation for the success of the narrative..and is at least half-heartedly embraced even by those who believe it to be a news report.)
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