Christianity Can't Be True Because...

[Arkilogue]

You see that tree over there....which branch is the true branch?

Are you saying all versions of Christianity are true? Even ones that directly contradict each other?

I'm saying it's more nuanced than true/vs untrue.

Religion itself is a growth function of the human soul over time. Primitive humans had primitive religion because that's all they needed. And todays religions are largely unsatisfactory because they no longer meet our growing needs as a global mind.

A fruit bearing tree needs seasonal pruning or else branches will over-grow each other and cross to rub in the wind, weakening them both. New suckers left to sprout from the base will shoot straight up through the established canopy, take nutrients away from the whole tree, over-shadow the former canopy and usually bear thorns instead of fruit (citrus).

If the tree is left to grow too large, the fruit is largely unreachable by common man and no new trees can be grown in it's shadow. By then, with so many branch tips having brought nutrients so far, feeding all of the tree along the way, the fruit is small and dilute even if one can get to it. The bruised and unpalatable fruit piles up underneath these monolithic trees until the space below is more a home for flies and rats than people.

I'm saying you could learn a lot from a tree.