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Originally Posted by iamislegrown
I believe I said "personally" being my thought's, it could very well be god, we could be god, you could be god, but most religeons do have an entity defined as a "god" which mankind is to follow. Why is it that religeon have to be taught or learned, wouldn't it make sense to be universal or inate.
Again just my thoughts.
peace
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why is it that language has to be taught or learned? wouldn't it make sense to be universal or inate?
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Originally Posted by iamislegrown
I don't think it's really a matter who knows what about religeons, personally I have doubts about there being this divine entity which has to be apeased in order for us to achieve "holiness" in the so called hereafter.
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the appeasement/worship gig, imo, is pretty weak. i mean if some all mighty all powerful omnicient being called God requires the appeasement of a bunch of weak mortals, sending those to an eternity in firey hell if they dont, then he has serious psychological problems and would probably be unfit to live within our society.
if ur wanting the whole christian perspective, check out the jefferson bible. it's kind of minus all the supernatural stuff. jefferson admired the system of ethics that jesus subscribed to and despised the impurities that were brought to it.
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/mo...c/JefJesu.html "We must reduce our volume to the simple Evangelists, select, even from them, the very words only of Jesus, paring off the amphiboligisms into which they have been led, by forgetting often, or not understanding, what had fallen from him, by giving their own misconceptions as his dicta, and expressing unintelligibly for others what they had not understood themselves. There will be found remaining the most sublime and benevolent code of morals which has ever been offered to man. I have performed this operation for my own use, by cutting verse by verse out of the printed book, and arranging the matter which is evidently his and which is as easily distinguished as diamonds in a dung-hill. The result is an octavo of forty-six pages."
personally, tho i find truths in the christian perspective, i feel more at home with those of Taoism and Buddhism. balance this w/ a healthy dose of Physics, Psychology (Jung esp) and be ready for heavy introspection. i've just began reading Rumi (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumi) poetry which is also very good. also engage in numerous discussions offering your opinion to be examined by others, and be open to their criticisms. it's truth your seeking, not a comforting belief.
ps: i hate that whole "people just turn to religion for emotional comfort" mentality.