RE: Why are you chasing the idea of the existence of a God?
August 7, 2018 at 9:20 am
(This post was last modified: August 7, 2018 at 9:26 am by The Grand Nudger.)
So..when did Joe Smith see the angel?
It's hardly semantic. The emergence of a religion isn't predicate on any spiritual experience.
We all experience a sense of the numinous from time to time..the fact that religion leverages this to trade for authenticity and authority doesn't mean that the one is based in the other or has any necessary relationship. Religion is a system of social organization. It depends on .....social organization, not any personal experience in general or in particular.
Does that help clarify?
It's hardly semantic. The emergence of a religion isn't predicate on any spiritual experience.
We all experience a sense of the numinous from time to time..the fact that religion leverages this to trade for authenticity and authority doesn't mean that the one is based in the other or has any necessary relationship. Religion is a system of social organization. It depends on .....social organization, not any personal experience in general or in particular.
Does that help clarify?
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