Felix and Dan,
I caught this thread in my quarterly check in. Interesting observations by both of you. As you know, I spent quite a bit of time in this forum as well and I’ll confirm your observations. But that may be a positive sign that people are moving away from strict religious doctrine/dogma and perhaps there is a little more… I’ll call it mindfulness. OK. Maybe not, but one can always hang on to hope.
I’ve come to the conclusion that religion equals assigning agency to spirituality which is the need to know what we don’t know. Yes Dan, we created God(s) because something or someone HAS to be causing all of this. It is much easier to say I know than to admit I don’t know, and I can always kick the can down the road by saying “God’s will” which is just a not-so-clever way of saying I don’t know.
Felix, so you’re moving toward agnosticism? Scary huh? You’re alone in the universe and there is nothing outside to confirm the inside. A tough row to hoe. Go inside and face up to your good and bad angels. As the old saw, “know thyself”. At some point, religion and all the jibber jabber just seems ridiculous and you move on. Where? I dunno. It’s up to you.
A sort of fun question for those who are monotheists: There are a half dozen major religions who believe in the one true God. Christianity has hundreds if not thousands of different sects all proclaiming their vision of God. If there is just one God, which one?
If my religion is right, then everyone else is wrong.
If there is a God, he or she must have a terrible headache.