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Is Allegorical Religion better than Fundamentalism?
RE: Is Allegorical Religion better than Fundamentalism?
(March 31, 2022 at 9:21 pm)Angrboda Wrote:
(March 31, 2022 at 8:49 pm)Belacqua Wrote: I also don't know what it means to apprehend something religiously. 

How can you be sure that such a thing won't be rational?

I think revelation is an important concept here.  A revealed truth is a fundamental truth about reality that is communicated directly to a mortal by the divine.  So religiously apprehending something, I think, would require some elevated communication, beyond that achievable by mortal to mortal, and it must communicate a fundamental, or perhaps important truth.  

Devil's advocate:

It could simply be a heightened sensitivity of the mere mortal to subtler aspects of reality. No need to put non-human or non-mortal entities into the equation.
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RE: Is Allegorical Religion better than Fundamentalism? - by vulcanlogician - March 31, 2022 at 9:28 pm

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