Friday, July 31, 2015

Everything is Everything

"All gods are equivalent." "All religions agree."

NO!  All gods are not equivalent.  All religions do not agree.  That is politically-inspired 'truth', ideology with the purpose of preventing religious warfare, which is a valid enough aim, but it trivializes religion, which is much too crucial for that.  Unfortunately, believers can believe, literally, just about anything, regardless of its verifiability, but one can be religious without rigid, literal 'beliefs', and without being an "everything is equivalent, everything agrees" type.  Unfortunately, such religiousness requires more subtle, sophisticated intelligence than the vast majority can manage.  But those with this trait have a duty to use it now.

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