People see what they want to see. When we were dubs we saw less cars in other religions parking lots....
Generalized Apathy Towards Relgion- Humanity Is Waking Up?
by nvrgnbk 13 Replies latest jw friends
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tetrapod.sapien
the west has done much in demystifying the ancient "mysteries". while i see this as a psychologically healthy stepping stone, i would never want to see the myths disappear. and that's because, contrary to what some anti-theists claim, myths often point to a liberation of mind. a potential in h sapiens. often that there is no difference between the gods and man. that, indeed, to find God, one would need to cease worshiping "him" as a literal/external entity, and turn inward with lucidity. to hold the metaphysical/spiritual mirror up to one's Self and find the truest divinity right there in & before him (her too!:).
and yet, i see money as one religion that masses of people still worship with zeal. love of one's country (tribe) is another. people may not go to a traditional church anymore, but they're still lost in an unconscious world of form and things.
however, there are many people, spiritual AND skeptical, who are waking up from religion. partly it involves understanding that religion is part of a larger frame of reference we call anthropology. this does not make science a religion, but like many of the old myths, shows that *all* is God, and we are part of all because we are related to all. and i don't mean "all people". i mean All. this knowledge begins to free a person (historically often only initiates to a practice, but now anyone who can read) to follow a genuinely personal (personified) spiritual path.
it's been a long, beautifully painful road out of orthodoxy (and an even longer one out of our ape minds). i would also venture that, based on my experience of human spiritual/psychological potential, the journey is far from over.
evolution -> peace -> sentience -> love -->
tetragod
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nvrgnbk
Thanks eclipse.
Thank you tetra for giving some clarity.
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Scully
IMO apathy is just as dangerous as being a devout believer. When we become apathetic about the injustices that are being practiced as a matter of religious belief and the atrocities that are committed in the name of religion, we give tacit approval to the injustice and atrocities being committed.
For example, I couldn't care less about what devout adult snake handlers do amongst themselves. But my shorts get in a wad when I hear about children being forced to participate in dangerous practices like snake handling. I couldn't care less about an adult who chooses to get himself circumcised for religious reasons and have a mohel suck the cut foreskin off with his mouth - but doing it to a newborn child under the seemingly untouchable auspices of religious practice is utterly repugnant.