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Atheists & Agnostics

Karadeniz

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10. I completely agree with your conclusions! In my experience, the "Source" was an unseen fountain

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Mon Aug 1, 2022, 11:31 AM

Aug 2022

of energy, not an old man. However, I can appreciate writers back then using that image to denote the propagator of soul energy. In the gospels, this energy is represented by light, but there is next to no effort by churchmen/women to teach that the anthropomorphic imagery should ultimately be replaced by the light/energy. So, the level of understanding remains mired at the earthly level.

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There is NO GOD, JUST AN INVENTION BY SAD LONELY MEN. They invented Biblical ManGod 🤷🏾‍♀️ [View all] Heather MC Aug 2022 OP

I totally respect your personal felings about this, grumpyduck Aug 2022 #1

I specifically only mentioned the 4th century because Heather MC Aug 2022 #2

Sorry, I missed your reference to the 4th century. nt grumpyduck Aug 2022 #5

It's my understanding that the Torah, is basically the 1st 5 books of th Christian Bible Heather MC Aug 2022 #13

Epic rant! Hugh_Lebowski Aug 2022 #3

Our complete understanding of this is completely wrong Heather MC Aug 2022 #4

You seem to have totally missed my point, but that's okay Hugh_Lebowski Aug 2022 #6

Great post! Magical sky gods used to control the masses. It's about as believable as the easter PortTack Aug 2022 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Aug 2022 #8

i tried to listen to Thomas and the Bible..and it was just too violent. samnsara Aug 2022 #9

I completely agree with your conclusions! In my experience, the "Source" was an unseen fountain Karadeniz Aug 2022 #10

The ancient folks were onto something with the panoply of gods Warpy Aug 2022 #11

Judaism represented a major break in religious thinking localroger Aug 2022 #12

If you look even further back Farmer-Rick Aug 2022 #14