My feeling is that we conceptualize too much. We have to nail it down, so we make stuff up and then worship the stuff we made up, and because different people made up different stuff, we kill each other.
“To set our tribal identities in stone” is a problem that stems from failing to see others as an extension of the self. an arrogant mindset that makes others believe in their supremacy.
“Atheism and science” can be turned into a vicious and poisonous religion, not exempt from creating “tribes.”
“Faith without a story” could lead to blind faith. After all all forms of cultural human expressions are born from religion. Most importantly is that this story concerns how to overcome our suffering and help others do the same.
"'Atheism and science' can be turned into a vicious and poisonous religion, not exempt from creating 'tribes.'" Have we ever seen that!! "Trust the Science" said with such 🙏 🙏 reverence—Fauci the pope, vaccines as Holy Communion, shunning and expulsion of those who refused them.
Also though, the "story [of] how to overcome our suffering and help others do the same" has so often been turned into a pretext for causing suffering. Besides the crusades and the killing of indigenous "heathens," how many of Europe's many many wars were fought between varieties of Christianity?
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My feeling is that we conceptualize too much. We have to nail it down, so we make stuff up and then worship the stuff we made up, and because different people made up different stuff, we kill each other.
https://open.substack.com/pub/anniegottlieb/p/the-age-of-branded-gods?r=16gkv&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
“To set our tribal identities in stone” is a problem that stems from failing to see others as an extension of the self. an arrogant mindset that makes others believe in their supremacy.
“Atheism and science” can be turned into a vicious and poisonous religion, not exempt from creating “tribes.”
“Faith without a story” could lead to blind faith. After all all forms of cultural human expressions are born from religion. Most importantly is that this story concerns how to overcome our suffering and help others do the same.
"'Atheism and science' can be turned into a vicious and poisonous religion, not exempt from creating 'tribes.'" Have we ever seen that!! "Trust the Science" said with such 🙏 🙏 reverence—Fauci the pope, vaccines as Holy Communion, shunning and expulsion of those who refused them.
Also though, the "story [of] how to overcome our suffering and help others do the same" has so often been turned into a pretext for causing suffering. Besides the crusades and the killing of indigenous "heathens," how many of Europe's many many wars were fought between varieties of Christianity?