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One God versus many
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RE: One God versus many
(November 30, 2021 at 12:34 am)Oldandeasilyconfused Wrote:
(November 29, 2021 at 11:51 pm)Foxaire Wrote: I find religion to be uncomplicated in the way a physicist easily understands quantum mechanics.

My goodness. Quantum physics may just as well be written in sanskrit to me.

I find religion complex in the way of a person with a degree in Social Anthropology.

Of course I'm sure it isn't always complex. It's just that so far that's how it has turned out to be with the  religions I've actually studied. They include aspects of Islam and Hinduism as well as some time studying Australian aborigine mythology and present day culture.. 

I think I'll stop here.


The reason why quantum mechanics is hard to understand is there is actually a real, measurable, but highly counterintuitive thing there to be understood. 

The reason why religion is hard to understand is there is nothing whatsoever to understand, but whole lot of committed bullshitters make muturally conflicting crap up as they go, shout at you to follow their bullshit of the day, while making outlandish promises of rewards if you do, vile and not always vailed threats if you don’t.

equating quantum mechanics’ difficulties to understand with the “difficulties” of understanding religion is like equating the difficulties in reading great work of literature in a complex writting system in which you are not tutored, with the difficulties in reading shakespearean meaning into a crayon scratches of extremely overindulged 3 year old who claims what he scratched was the greatest of all literature.
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One God versus many - by T.J. - November 29, 2021 at 7:48 pm
RE: One God versus many - by Oldandeasilyconfused - November 29, 2021 at 8:15 pm
RE: One God versus many - by T.J. - November 30, 2021 at 11:55 am
RE: One God versus many - by Ranjr - November 30, 2021 at 5:53 pm
RE: One God versus many - by Oldandeasilyconfused - November 30, 2021 at 6:30 pm
RE: One God versus many - by zwanzig - November 29, 2021 at 8:19 pm
RE: One God versus many - by Jehanne - November 29, 2021 at 8:19 pm
RE: One God versus many - by Brian37 - November 29, 2021 at 8:41 pm
RE: One God versus many - by Foxaèr - November 29, 2021 at 8:49 pm
RE: One God versus many - by Oldandeasilyconfused - November 29, 2021 at 11:29 pm
RE: One God versus many - by Neo-Scholastic - November 29, 2021 at 9:25 pm
RE: One God versus many - by no one - November 29, 2021 at 9:43 pm
RE: One God versus many - by Belacqua - November 29, 2021 at 9:46 pm
RE: One God versus many - by Foxaèr - November 29, 2021 at 11:32 pm
RE: One God versus many - by Oldandeasilyconfused - November 29, 2021 at 11:47 pm
RE: One God versus many - by Foxaèr - November 29, 2021 at 11:51 pm
RE: One God versus many - by Belacqua - November 30, 2021 at 12:33 am
RE: One God versus many - by Neo-Scholastic - November 30, 2021 at 12:40 am
RE: One God versus many - by Belacqua - November 30, 2021 at 1:02 am
RE: One God versus many - by Oldandeasilyconfused - November 30, 2021 at 12:34 am
RE: One God versus many - by Anomalocaris - November 30, 2021 at 11:16 am
RE: One God versus many - by Oldandeasilyconfused - November 30, 2021 at 5:04 pm
RE: One God versus many - by Anomalocaris - November 30, 2021 at 6:39 pm
RE: One God versus many - by Fake Messiah - November 30, 2021 at 1:02 am
RE: One God versus many - by The Grand Nudger - November 30, 2021 at 7:48 am
RE: One God versus many - by zebo-the-fat - November 30, 2021 at 8:12 am
RE: One God versus many - by Mister Agenda - November 30, 2021 at 12:33 pm
RE: One God versus many - by Anomalocaris - November 30, 2021 at 1:18 pm
RE: One God versus many - by Belacqua - December 1, 2021 at 3:26 am
RE: One God versus many - by Mister Agenda - December 2, 2021 at 1:20 pm
RE: One God versus many - by Belacqua - December 4, 2021 at 4:18 am
RE: One God versus many - by Mister Agenda - December 6, 2021 at 1:41 pm
RE: One God versus many - by brewer - December 1, 2021 at 11:14 am
RE: One God versus many - by The Grand Nudger - December 1, 2021 at 5:35 pm
RE: One God versus many - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - December 4, 2021 at 5:52 am
RE: One God versus many - by The Grand Nudger - December 4, 2021 at 3:48 am
RE: One God versus many - by The Grand Nudger - December 6, 2021 at 6:06 am
RE: One God versus many - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - December 6, 2021 at 7:05 am
RE: One God versus many - by Oldandeasilyconfused - December 6, 2021 at 7:21 am
RE: One God versus many - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - December 6, 2021 at 7:50 am
RE: One God versus many - by Gwaithmir - December 6, 2021 at 8:49 am
RE: One God versus many - by The Grand Nudger - December 6, 2021 at 10:04 am
RE: One God versus many - by brewer - December 6, 2021 at 10:29 am

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