Blah Blah Blah. I know what the fuck I believe and nothing will ever change it.
Rightly so, and a usual response!
I've spent a bunch of time reading the lost books like Enoch and studying different theories like Gap Theory and Pre-Adamic man. Only one version of the story is right and I believe it's the Christian version. Don't give me the Bible has been corrupted bullshit cause I ain't hearin it. I know Rome chose the books of the New Testament. Wording and translation isn't perfect. Latan is the best language to read the Bible in if possible because it is the most accurate language.
Glad you venture out into the water a little, as long as you realize the key word being "believe" in "one version of the story is right and i believe". Never said the bible was in fact corrupted bullshit.. it is whatever you make it. My reference was to the game you play in kindergarten where the whole class gets in a giant circle and the teacher whispers a phrase into the first kids ear and then from there he tells the next kid and the next kid around the whole circle until you get back to the beginning and usually the phrase is nothing like the original. Same is true for historical documents, texts, teachings.. whether from error or elaboration the fact that the possibility of a very different origin is prevalent beyond a doubt. Latin is the most accurate language and its funny how different alot of phrases are as i stated above.
and I don't worship any Idols.
Is that fact or opinion?
The idea of god or jesus given to you by the belief system is obviously a conceptual idea and re-telling/re-representation of the original persons or teachings... if they did in fact even exist as historical figures. So you'd be worshipping a conceptualization of the original. A word, thought, image, idea... Which are idols.
Many prominent Judeo-christian theologians knew this... example would be Dionysius the Areopagite 6th century christian theologian/philosopher. Many acclaimed christian theologians like meister eckhart, st. thomas aquinas, john scotus eriugena studied dionysius the areopagite.. who wrote a few books, one being "Theologia Mystica" where he explains in order to come to full union with god, you must give up every conception of god whatsoever. He said don't think that god is oneness or threeness or unity or spirit or any anything the human mind can come up with. He/it is beyond all that.
This is called apophatic theology. Its opposite being cataphatic.. if you speak cataphatically you would say what god is like... according to analogy: Ex. God is like a father, god is like spirit etc... he wrote two books one called "divine names" speaking cataphatically about god and "theologia mystica" speaking apophatically about god.
Apophatic states what god is NOT. And all of those theologians that followed Dionysius said the highest way of speaking about god is in negative terms... Dionysius gave the example of when a sculptor makes a figure he does it by removing stone... by taking it away.
St. Thomas aquinas said paraphrased "because god by his infinity.. exceeds every idea that the human mind can reach the best way to speak of him is by remotion" by removing every inadequate concept.
The hindus call it Neti-Neti when speaking of the brahman of supreme reality, neti-neti meaning "its not this, its not that."
In zen they say likewise... if you meet the buddha, kill the buddha... if you meet the patriarch kill the patriarch. Like saying if you meet jesus kill jesus. Kill all concepts and ideas and rise above them all.
Cease to cling to any false representation of that which cannot be known. And when you let go of all conceptions, beliefs and ideas... truly... not even negating, being an atheist or something of the like (because that takes belief as well you have to believe its not true). When you can let go of it all something can happen in the psychosomatic structure of your organism. Full union of whatever that is that is the totality. I have experienced it. If i was a fucking idiot i would say "I am god" based on that experience. But like i said god is a concept. Everything is concept existing in what you are. To even say "i experienced" that is a concept and untrue... you are removed in that experience and there is only what is. And that is how it is all the time! But due to the veil of concepts, ideas, etc.. it is not apparent. Called maya in various traditions.
Apophatic undertaking is a very re-occurring theme in any real metaphysic or genuine spiritual/religious endeavor.
And that my friend, is why you worship an idol.
