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Originally Posted by Cheese
Im not sure your present view of Christianity is typical to your thoughts as late as 2 or 3 years ago? I follow your writings earnestly because I enjoy your walk through the history of religion and what appears to be a journey that has brought personal and philosophical changes to your life. I would like to think that if most people of a theological nature chose your path we might not have the volatility that exists in today's cultures.
I also find it interesting that a Christian could be raised believing one message, eg the belief that the virgin birth was a fact, and yet change that view to something more mythical and continue to find solace in the same religion.
Where does the line in the sand blur?
How does one find belief in something that has more symbols than fact, or am I misinterpreting your writings?
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I'm not Christian but I look at it in this sense. I think in one of Skinner's box experiments a chicken jumps up and down, dances around and accidentally hits the bar so the food would come down. It took a long time for the chicken to realize that all he had to do was push the bar down. In that sense the virgin birth, and other extraneous acts or beliefs are just the chicken dancing around and are irrelevant. The bar is still there and still functions and learning that the dancing around isn't what's really needed to experience god, love, ecstasy, bliss, this energy, or whatever you want to call it, is a step forwards in my understanding.