Comments by "oolong2" (@oolong2) on "There Are 1,000 Paths to God" video.

  1. You can be completely logical and rational and realize that there are things well beyond logic and rational thought. Even physicists realize this. Eienstein's insight was using creativity and imagination that went beyond logic and convention of the time. Since then we've discovered more things that defy rational yet we accept them as theory. The word "faith" was never used in this clip... If you let bias limit your understanding then you'll never know what you could have learned.
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  2. A lot of problems came from linking religion to the state or other institutions. Any estabolishment wants to control and sustain itself through systems and structure while stamping out variations and individualism. Jesus (if he ever existed) faught against that estabolisment. He'd likely be closer aligned to what we consider "hippies" today. Unfortunately people naturally seek estabolishment and certainty to calm fears, but IMO any knowledge gained through fear is fake and simply anesthesia.
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  3. There are a 1,000 paths to the divine. However the ones created by religious dogma lead to dead ends... I think the original creators of Abrahamic religions would be disgusted to find that the insights they worked to create would be co-opted by tyrants. There was a time when these religions were based on searching for the divine, now they have all been reduced to dogma, worshiping idols, and meaningless gestures (rituals). Not to mention an excuse for war and conflict. Its really quite sad.
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