Can there be New Ways of Understanding and Practicing Ancient Religious Teachings?

[awty]

Jabberwocky
BY LEWIS CARROLL
’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
      Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
      And the mome raths outgrabe.

“Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
      The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
      The frumious Bandersnatch!”

He took his vorpal sword in hand;
      Long time the manxome foe he sought—
So rested he by the Tumtum tree
      And stood awhile in thought.

And, as in uffish thought he stood,
      The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
      And burbled as it came!

One, two! One, two! And through and through
      The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
      He went galumphing back.

“And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
      Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!”
      He chortled in his joy.

’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
      Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
      And the mome raths outgrabe.

[Nay_Sayer]

No need. My religion is the only correct one there has ever been

I never get enough garlic, please pray for me.

Our fetta who art thou in Valhalla. Oh FSM I beseech thee to bless Brewer with bountiful bulbs of garlic, His socks warm and paired, and his phone always fully charged.

RAmen

[Leonardo17]

[HappySkeptic]

Leonardo17:

If I was to sum this up to one thing only I would ask the question:

- Is the person being present in the “here and now” and achieving some degree of connection with what we like to call “Inner Realities” or “Higher Realities”.

Realities.

"I'm not sure that word means what you think it means" (Inigo Montoya in Princess Bride)

[Leonardo17]

[Nay_Sayer]

-Snipped rambling wall of text-

I thought I was quite clear and unambiguous.

My, as in me, as in Nay_Sayer, as in the Earl of Avalon and Duke of Beef Wellington have a religion, Pastafarianism.

It is the only correct religion there has ever been or ever will be.

I hope that clears everything up.

[Fake Messiah]

- Nothing that can be directly observed or measured by the naked eye or any instrument that we know of or even mathematically calculated either (as I said before)
 
   These are more like subtle forces that (we believe) are having very real effects on our lives here and now. Like denial of reason, practical intelligence, logical approaches in the name of our self-hatred that is pretending to be our self-love or instinct of self-preservation. In other words our fear based self or Ego.

That's why religious people need churches/ temples, just like UFO people need UFO books. Religious people go to the church/ temple and pretend that god is real, that he exists, so when people ask them for evidence that god exists, they are out of words, they're like "Well, it's not that simple," and just talk deluded nonsense. I hear the same from people in the UFO religion - they spend hours every week reading UFO books (or websites) where people act like aliens are real, and when you ask them to provide evidence that aliens are visiting Earth, they give the same excuse "Well, it's not that simple." And that's why you write these nonsensical posts.

[awty]

Don't make me start posting pictures of the Basilica.

[Paleophyte]

Can there be new ways of understanding and practicing ancient superstitions? Certainly, but why would you want to?

If you have a bad idea then simply discard it and find a good idea. Don't try tweaking the bad idea until it manages to barely pass muster in a dim light. Then all you'll have is a bad idea that you think you've made good, and that's an even worse idea.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

If Islam really needs new ways of practicing ancient religious beliefs, I would like to suggest pentacles, spandrels, and The Hand Of Glory.

Boru