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I’ve got nothing against people finding their own meaning and understanding through the scope of religion, but it’s my personal belief that it disempowers you as an individual, I think that a lot of these religions have little pieces of the puzzle, but the ultimate truth is that none of them have an absolute clue what is going on, the 2 are somewhat interlinked, but solely believing in religious ideology can be disempowering towards your understanding of what the universe is, God is an energy, not a being.

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djmeistro✝️ 🍊💊⚡️ 2y ago

Kano 2y ago

Like I said bro, you can find God through the scope of religion, but I think overall it leads you towards spirituality anyway, the 2 can be interlinked.

Omekau 2y ago

I’ve been exploring and learning a lot about religion lately, specifically Christianity. Commenting to follow in case this note spurs discussion.

Kano 2y ago

I’ve explored many, I sway more towards eastern philosophy but overall came to the conclusion that none of them can truly discover an ultimatum point, I think that may be found through collective understanding of what god means to us, you cannot achieve collective understanding through 1 set of guidelines.

koby 2y ago

Truth is the most important. Not our personal truth, but the Truth.

“Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.”

‭‭John‬ ‭14‬:‭6‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬

Kano 2y ago

How do you achieve truth when you insist on a belief system? we achieve truth through our collective understanding of what god is to us.

koby 2y ago

Great question, thank you for asking! Probably deserves much more of a debate than a note but I’ll try.

I don’t think truth is achieved. I think truth just is truth. Our ability to comprehend the truth, understanding it fully, and accepting it as truth is certainly the biggest obstacle. This is why science and mathematics are so important.

Science is our attempt to find absolute truth, by always questioning, testing, observing, and coming as close to truth as possible. Mathematics is just a language with which we can measure and define what we observe in science. A communication medium that all scientific findings must adhere to. If you question a thesis, test it prove it using math. If you disagree, use math(logic).

If a majority of the people believe the Earth is flat, that doesn’t make it truth. What is great is we can test this. Your are not a conspiracy theorist for questioning, you are a scientist! Find ways to test if your thesis is true.

In regards to religion, how do you test which god is true, which is not? How can you believe things written about events thousands of years ago? How is this testable, observable? Is it all just faith? How can you test this on the God of the Bible?

A way I believe you can test this is by archeological finds. Did the things that the Bible, which is God’s inspired Word, happen or not? Can we find evidence of things written about? If we do find supporting evidence then these events may have transpired.

This is, of course, just 1 step/path you could use to find the truth.

If you were to come to the conclusion that the events in the Bible did happen, that they seem to be accurate, and I can find the Bible trustworthy as a historical document, then you might be able to ask deeper questions. If the Bible is accurate, then how does God, define itself/himself within the Bible? How does that impact or change my belief/understanding of what I or the collective think a god should or shouldn’t be.

🧡🧡🧡 sorry for making this a long note

Kano 2y ago

The conclusion I found is that science and religious ideologies are an attempts to understand the nature of reality and “God” hence why I’m against following religion.

I believe our minds are insufficient at understanding the true nature of reality, all these ideologies are based upon human constructs, the Big Bang for example is just a theory as we cannot explain past a certain point, the universe is just too big for our minds to perceive, however I believe you can find understanding, meaning and “God” through your own understanding of what it means to you.

I think the collective idea of this could then spur a new movement in which the unconscious is made conscious, I think religion, science and other ideologies can somewhat make things cloudy.

Kano 2y ago

We live in a world where bankruptcy of ideology is blatantly obvious, people do not look inward enough.

koby 2y ago

Appreciate the responses and engagement! Please keep the quality notes and replies up. ⚡️⚡️zapping

Kano 2y ago

🤙🧡

𝕽ammah 2y ago

This is true without a speck of a doubt but there are some wrong points in both.

Kano 2y ago

Definitely.

Ranjan Grover 2y ago

Religion makes for better peopole. That is a statistically correct answer, obviously at the individual level there are lots of good people and bad people in either set. Just look at big cities in the US vs more conservative communities and tell me wehre you tend to find more reliable, helpful people.

I went from a atheist --> Christian over the last 7 years mostly because I had 3 kids along the way and I figured the amount of collateral damage I can do to the world is 4X now than when I didn't have kids. Also moved from the lefty utopia of Portland to Southen Utah in the process. I'm yet to find anything in my reasoning to be incorrect. People are more tolerant, helpful, reliable when they give up the narcissism of the atheiestic left.

Feel free to change my mind.

Kano 2y ago

Religion also divides us, as I mentioned to the other guy I’ve explored many religious view points but overall came to the conclusion that none of them can truly discover an ultimatum point, I think that may be found through collective understanding of what god means to us, you cannot achieve collective understanding through 1 set of guidelines.

Kano 2y ago

I’m wrong, you probably could achieve it through a set of guidelines but not through guidelines in which we see today.

TJ.III 2y ago

yes ☝️