I've tried to communicate for years that because humans are unavoidably limited and imperfect, that *any and all* beliefs we have about God (and literally everything else outside us, for that matter) are correspondingly unreliable.
Certain believers in God (evangelical Christians) that I've talked to think that, somehow, God cuts through this, so that only "truth" is received by the believer. But unless you're a god (whatever that is) yourself, how could you possibly know? Exhibit A: The thousands (or is it millions, or billions!) of incompatible belief schemes on earth.
Sometimes the force of the illogic (or "alternative logic") is, to me at least, simply jaw-dropping.
But my religion is the only true religion. It is all about love and peace. Therefore we must kill anyone who does not believe. God bless you brother. What? You don't agree? I'll kill you too Sounds perfectly logical to me!.
I've tried to communicate for years that because humans are unavoidably limited and imperfect, that *any and all* beliefs we have about God (and literally everything else outside us, for that matter) are correspondingly unreliable.
Certain believers in God (evangelical Christians) that I've talked to think that, somehow, God cuts through this, so that only "truth" is received by the believer. But unless you're a god (whatever that is) yourself, how could you possibly know? Exhibit A: The thousands (or is it millions, or billions!) of incompatible belief schemes on earth.
Sometimes the force of the illogic (or "alternative logic") is, to me at least, simply jaw-dropping.
But my religion is the only true religion. It is all about love and peace. Therefore we must kill anyone who does not believe. God bless you brother. What? You don't agree? I'll kill you too Sounds perfectly logical to me!.