Re: Another my take on God post . . .
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What is the basis for interpreting any of it literally, rather than mystically?
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I was going to tease you about "interpreting...it literally" but I'll just suggest if one is going to take the mystical approach to it, why do you need it? If 100 people come up with 100 'messages' from the same text isn't it obvious that the message isn't in the text but in the person?
Realizing that, we can see the similarity to the concept that we take our morals to our religion not the other way around. ( partly because we choose our religion).
Depending on how much validity you give to the above, it's understandable that some people view religion as a swaddling cloth around various existing needs, desires and viewpoints. On this aspect, it's not so much whether religion is good or bad, just that it is unnecessary.
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