I think I am beginning to believe that ALL religions and belief systems are false and that none of them correspond to reality, to the way things are - hence none of them are true.
For a long time now I have believed that Atheism is wrong...
But I am now beginning to suspect that Theism is too and that the truth is beyond mere human comprehension: That we both don't and cannot know it.
However, I am inclined to think that there is something in existence that is vaguely similar to the human monotheistic God-concepts but that the reality of this thing is WAY beyond our comprehension, so we need to resort to metaphors, analogies, and mythology to take the place of an actual understanding.
And I think that a part of this involves anthropomorphising this "thing" (although perhaps this "thing" anthropomorphises itself to us?).
Animals (and this goes for humans) are only as intelligent as they need to be in order to survive and pass on their genes.
I think that humans don't need to understand the truth of existence to live as humans, hence we don't and cannot understand it.
But that there is no shame in this!
Just as a fly does not need to understand music or mathematics to live as a fly...
I believe that there may be a higher being or higher beings in existence.
And that we are to them as dogs are to us.
We need to get rid of the notion that we humans are the pinnacle of existence and can actually understand our predicament beyond the extent which we need to in order to survive and reproduce.
But I am still committed to living as a Christian! - however, I think there is more to the universe, and that Christianity is only one means of being a human out of many, it is not a means to knowing the actual truth but that it does provide believers with some truths to live by.
However, I believe that in the past [whatever it is that exists] has interacted with humans and is involved in our existence, to one extent or another.
So perhaps all religions have a bit of truth in them, without any of them representing the truth, as it exists beyond our limited comprehension????
For a long time now I have believed that Atheism is wrong...
But I am now beginning to suspect that Theism is too and that the truth is beyond mere human comprehension: That we both don't and cannot know it.
However, I am inclined to think that there is something in existence that is vaguely similar to the human monotheistic God-concepts but that the reality of this thing is WAY beyond our comprehension, so we need to resort to metaphors, analogies, and mythology to take the place of an actual understanding.
And I think that a part of this involves anthropomorphising this "thing" (although perhaps this "thing" anthropomorphises itself to us?).
Animals (and this goes for humans) are only as intelligent as they need to be in order to survive and pass on their genes.
I think that humans don't need to understand the truth of existence to live as humans, hence we don't and cannot understand it.
But that there is no shame in this!
Just as a fly does not need to understand music or mathematics to live as a fly...
I believe that there may be a higher being or higher beings in existence.
And that we are to them as dogs are to us.
We need to get rid of the notion that we humans are the pinnacle of existence and can actually understand our predicament beyond the extent which we need to in order to survive and reproduce.
But I am still committed to living as a Christian! - however, I think there is more to the universe, and that Christianity is only one means of being a human out of many, it is not a means to knowing the actual truth but that it does provide believers with some truths to live by.
However, I believe that in the past [whatever it is that exists] has interacted with humans and is involved in our existence, to one extent or another.
So perhaps all religions have a bit of truth in them, without any of them representing the truth, as it exists beyond our limited comprehension????