Re: \"Faith\"
It's my understanding that when certain Native American Tribes were first introduced to Western Religion they considered it to be somewhat primitive arrogant nonsense. They believed in a Great Spirit along with other spirits. But fundamentally they recognized their own humble perspective by realizing the Great Mystery behind it all. They were puzzled and ammused by a religion so arrogantly promoted which had no realization of the Great Mystery.
A big problem with Organized Religion is that it produces psychological weapons of power which are often wielded by the worst kind of people. This particuliar Faith Argument is one of those weapons imo. The Heart of the Religion gets wrapped in thicker and thicker layers of human explanations, logic, anti-logic, dogmas, and immagary that were probably understood by people hundreds of years ago, when they were created, with entirely different paradigms of thinking than what we have today. Yet the old wrappings persist, get put on a stick and are used to pound people over the head with like a club. Meanwhile, the Heart of the Religion becomes like the Temple in which the Beast is now Enthroned ala Revelations. If you're really interested in spriritual matters look at the Heart and open your mind to new ways of understanding things. What you find should make common sense, improve your life, and be reasonable. But remember Goodel's Theorum. The Logic Box is incomplete.
Aho Mitakuye Oyasin
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