RE: How far reaching are God's powers?
November 12, 2020 at 1:35 pm
(This post was last modified: November 12, 2020 at 1:42 pm by HappySkeptic.)
(November 12, 2020 at 12:58 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Since we cant get a decent convo out of this nutter, Imma run with you Skep. I disagree about everyone having their own meaning-making myth. We see that this nutballs meaning making myth includes the idea that people can be morally responsible for things they don't have any choice in, for things they don't control, even if they are moral incompetents.
We know how that played out in history and the present. If having their own meaning making myths mean that, then it's a hard pass.
I'm a Unitarian Universalist, and we are not anti-religious. We are just pro free thinking, and that includes the right to your own myth. A myth is just a story that provides a sense of purpose and meaning. Humans are meaning makers, and we have built up lots of myths through our lives.
But, it is important to realize its your own myth, and that it should change with life experience. It has value to the individual, but does not necessarily have any meaning to others. It is not some universal freak'n Truth.
I have my own story about what "I" am, how consciousness works, and what life and death means. I base as much on science as possible, but I also have a lot of "I don't know" and "I imagine it something like this". None of it would pass scientific peer review, and no theological seminaries would approve. It doesn't include gods. It is not the same today as yesterday. I'll replace any part if I find a better piece. My discussions here will have an effect.
I have told people that the reason I left my Christian church is not because I hated religion. It was because religion was SO important to me that I could not profess to a belief that I no longer held, regardless of how much I liked the people or community. Ultimate questions of life are a mystery I will always ponder.