John has seen The Light

 “My point, once again, is not that those ancient people told literal stories and we are now smart enough to take them symbolically, but that they told them symbolically and we are now dumb enough to take them literally.” – John Dominic Crossan, New Testament Scholar & Former Catholic Priest                       

                                                                                                                                             

   What is John saying here?  I don’t think he is talking about The Holy Bible (both New and Old Testament), but that he is talking about any bible driven faith.  If John was a Former Catholic Priest, then his raising, or at the very least his higher education was based on Faith, not reason or logic or history.  But obviously John has come out of The Fog of Faith.  He has entered the world of the wise.  John would now be agnostic, that is one who questions and realizes that the many answers available are not provable, but can be subjected to logic, reason and data.  He has entered Thomas Paine’s Age of Reason.  It is an age of questions not answers.

   If there is a purpose for each of us to go through life’s experiences it seems to me that it would be to be aware, to question and possibly reach wise probable theories.  If there is no purpose … so be it (enjoy the ride).  It matters not what the answer to the question is.  Whatever is … is and each of our opinions has little effect on truth.    

   So what am I asking of you, if you are a person of faith?  I am asking you to give up a beautifully created delusion, capable of enriching your life or warping it (an example of this is the current news from The Holy Land).  I am suggesting honoring your awareness to a system that allows for the existence of All that we perceive.  The miracle of it All becomes available to you.  You do not have to imagine the purported parlor tricks of God for your amusement.  “We all live beneath a Miracle and we each sing our little song (the song of life).”  GOD* does not break his rules (the system or systems).  As science evolves it hopefully approaches truth.  It is a never ending journey, by design.  Join John.

Cheers, Old Buz     May 7^th, 2024

“Born an agnostic and with the help of GOD* will remain one.” – Old Buz

*GOD – an acronym (G.O.D.) for Grand Omnipotent DNA – The system (rules) guiding the Universe as researched in the ever evolving study of science.