RE: Most People Insist That Two Separate Being Can Never Be One
June 7, 2023 at 1:04 pm
(This post was last modified: June 7, 2023 at 1:13 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Or, if we prefer, whatever a person has experienced and genuinely believes as a religious proposition is in no way supported or even discussed by references to folk tales from 1700 years ago. Want to have a meaningful and true discussion about your own beliefs? Discuss those, exactly those? Want to bullshit people about st patty running the snakes out of ireland...? Fuck off. You're wasting my time and your own.
I understand religious conviction and the power of personal experience. Very persuadable there. Reliance on fairy tales hurts any possible understanding on that front. The christian religion is true or false without any respect to the truth or falsity of christian superstitions. There could be no god...full stop...and christian religion might still be true. But sure, destroy that broad runway in favor of inerrantist bullshit about the organization of a late roman political movement commented on it's own time at length in writing by advocates and detractors....that survives to this day.....
.........sigh........
I understand religious conviction and the power of personal experience. Very persuadable there. Reliance on fairy tales hurts any possible understanding on that front. The christian religion is true or false without any respect to the truth or falsity of christian superstitions. There could be no god...full stop...and christian religion might still be true. But sure, destroy that broad runway in favor of inerrantist bullshit about the organization of a late roman political movement commented on it's own time at length in writing by advocates and detractors....that survives to this day.....
.........sigh........
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