RE: Why I'm Still a Christian
March 3, 2015 at 3:58 am
(This post was last modified: March 3, 2015 at 4:00 am by Whateverist.)
At this point I think you should take the red pill and get to hell off this forum and go back to your familiar community or take the blue pill and ...
But before you reach for the blue pill and join us on the outside you might at least consider a third path. You could keep trying to improve your theological understanding. To do that, let go of the literal entirely and embrace the bible as metaphor and allegory. The garden of eden? - Something to do with the loss of non-sapient existence. Heaven and hell? - Figurative and transitory. Afterlife? - Probably not except as compost. It will obviously need a lot of work but you probably know the stories better than I. Maybe when Jesus said he was the way, maybe he meant personal transcendence is the way. You decide.
But before you reach for the blue pill and join us on the outside you might at least consider a third path. You could keep trying to improve your theological understanding. To do that, let go of the literal entirely and embrace the bible as metaphor and allegory. The garden of eden? - Something to do with the loss of non-sapient existence. Heaven and hell? - Figurative and transitory. Afterlife? - Probably not except as compost. It will obviously need a lot of work but you probably know the stories better than I. Maybe when Jesus said he was the way, maybe he meant personal transcendence is the way. You decide.
