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Originally Posted by MacGuyver
Religion is something that is intangible.
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Actually, religion is pretty tangible. Religions are surrounded by accepted beliefs and practices. Now, are those beliefs tangible?... that's another story.
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When we think that we are having a good grasp on what exactly IS God, or a deity, the afterlife, heaven, hell, whatnot, we REALLY have barely scratched the surface to <b>what lies beneath</b>.
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The added bolded goes to illustrate the impossibility of seriously discussing something such as the nature of the universe or God without falling into abstract metaphor. We can't know anything but what we experience, and everything else metaphorical, asthetic thinking.
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Religion is something that is in place for an explanation to that which is unexplainable to humans.
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I've heard that before, but to me it seems that it is also a very powerful social apparatus.
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So when you call something a given truth, or fail to accept all other possibilities in religions, then you are attempting to put limitations on that which is not able to be harnessed. Ill compare to something else: What if no one questioned the flatness of the earth before Columbus went on a voyage to discover a way to the East by going West?
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Actually, the Greeks and Egyptians not only knew that the Eart was round hundreds of years before Columbus's voyage, they even knew things such as the circumference of the Earth.
Again, this illustrates metaphorical thinking. You are comparing making assumptions with the unknowable characteristics of the nature of the universe with that which was <i>supposedly</i> previously unknown. Comparisons are a helpful way of thinking, but it is important to be careful how one constructs metaphors.
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Always keep your mind open to other perspectives on religious viewpoints. Just think... it may seem radical to you now, but at least the earth isnt still flat, right?
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Because the Earth never was flat, right?
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Right now you KNOW that Chrisitanity is correct. What happens later down the road?
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Well, it seems apparent to me that eventually everyone dies...