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Originally Posted by Kryzsky
I would not say hate, but I feel anyone religious should be open to being mocked and dismissed for being the ridiculous people they are. The notion that we should respect their absurd fantasy stories is preposterous. Instead of placating these people we should be striving for rational thought, acceptance and scientific education. Time to leave these delusional tales in the past or more accurately in a cave where they belong.
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Christianity isn't a specific religion. Catholicism is, Anglicanism is. Christianity is not. And I disagree vehemently that they are pure delusional tales. There are overlaps between religions, the story of the great floods go all the way back to Sumeria and the earliest civilizations.
Stories that are entrenched not in one culture but in the entire story of human history. I'm not saying they are true but the interrelated nature of these stories is fascinating and tell stories about human nature or events that occurred and have been misconstrued over time. These stories are based on something because of how common certain archetypes are in so many different religions.
I'm no religious man myself but the stories are generally esoteric in nature, the story about the snake, Adam and Eve and the tree of life relate directly to other stories in other religions and folklore.
The tree of life is a concept that's been in human spirituality for millenia, a set of sephirot that contains information about the micro and macrocosm aspects of consciousness. I've studied these things for decades and dismissing the entirety of spirituality and esoteric knowledge dismisses fundamental parts of culture in our past and present and ultimately will lead you to a path of ignorance due to the significance these concepts have played and still do play in human history.