RE: Questions For You Non Believers
November 17, 2012 at 3:23 pm
(This post was last modified: November 17, 2012 at 3:27 pm by Whateverist.)
(November 17, 2012 at 1:53 pm)Rhythm Wrote: "Somewhere in the narrative I believe there is a core truth or wisdom that has been (possibly) irreparably garbled in transmission. The source of this core truth or wisdom may be anything, even the combined experiences of all that went into it's manufacture. I choose to believe that this source is god...and assigning to it whatever I can salvage out of the narrative as a whole is useful to me, it allows me to better myself in ways that I have deemed valuable to me. If this source were something other than a god (as I alluded to above) it would matter very little to me, as the truth and wisdom I endeavor to extract from the narrative is an issue of practical, not literal, concern.
I believe that christ's (if christ can be said to -at the very least- be the personification or anthropomorphism of all that we might value in ourselves) example can save me, essentially, from -myself-. From all of the things that might exist within me and devalue this thing I call my self, or soul. This example, like the narrative as a whole, may also have been garbled in transmission, and as such I reserve the right to gather unto me what I find useful and good, and discard that which I do not. "
Maybe something like that Whatevs?
That seems like it might work. Who is the author?
If someone makes it into early adulthood enshrouded in the Christian myth maybe they have to make their peace with the whole narrative in a way those of us who got out early can't imagine. I think of my niece who joined a gang, got into meth and spends lots of time behind bars. Apparently she has killed as a rite of entry and there seems to be something about that which prevents her leaving. It almost seems she cannot forgive herself or cut her self a break. In the same way, perhaps an adult who has proselytized for jesus is like that. They have the blood of conversion to christ on their hands. Perhaps that makes it tough to leave.
It isn't anything any of us would choose but maybe it represents an achievement if they are able to transcend the literal and go for something more allegorical. They may have gotten in deeper and therefore be having a harder time extricating themselves.
(November 17, 2012 at 2:15 pm)Brakeman Wrote: Sounds like:
"I like to eat shit because occasionally there is a piece of sweet corn in it!"
Nice. Sure wouldn't want to miss a sweet kernal of corn, would you? Adds another layer of meaning to the Catholic wafer that represents the body of Christ. Fundamentalists eat of the turd of God lest they miss a holy kernel of truth.
