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Re: Myth
« Reply #15 on: March 13, 2016, 04:01:55 PM »

Bruce Lee once said, "Boards don't hit back."

Myths dont change lives.

Yep.

Architecto is running a classic cannard not unlike the anthropomorphism cannard.

...Humans imagine God(s) in their own likeness thus religion is essentially/probably false.

But to say that humans think of God in human terms is a statement of the bleeding obvious.

How ELSE are we supposed to think of God?

We think with human faculties. Are we supposed to think like cats or dogs or lizards or cockroaches?

No. Anthropomorphism is compulsory. We simply have no other mode of expression. It would be like asking Vincent Van Gogh why he expresses ideas using paint and canvas. Or why Bach expresses ideas in music. Of course every problem resembles a nail when the only tool you own is a hammer!

So when the human soul seeks God, we naturally look 'upwards'. And to say that the human psyche has always intuitively found mountain-top experiences to be something sacred, points to a common truth much more than a universal lie - which seems to be the claim Architecto is making.
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Re: Myth
« Reply #16 on: March 13, 2016, 04:08:25 PM »
Humans do not love enemies

Humans do not lay down their lives of their enemies

Humans do not forgive and pardon, unmerited

Humans would not give salvation by grace. Any merit disqualifies. Humans wouldn't come up with such salvation.
Faith is being confident in things hoped for, the conviction of facts not yet seen. Hebrews 11.
Everyone exercises faith in something. What is your faith in?

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Re: Myth
« Reply #17 on: March 13, 2016, 04:13:05 PM »

Myths dont change lives.

You're obviously not a Hindu.
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Re: Myth
« Reply #18 on: March 13, 2016, 04:15:45 PM »
Faith is being confident in things hoped for, the conviction of facts not yet seen. Hebrews 11.
Everyone exercises faith in something. What is your faith in?