Raising the Bar on the Conversation About Religion

[muriel_volestrangler]

64. Imagine if everyone actually accepted no one is in the position to claim that they hold the truth

Take another question about a fundamental aspect of existence: are there 11 or 26 dimensions? This is a question that most of us will never have the faintest chance of understanding a debate about, let alone of deciding on a conclusion. We have no idea what the implications are. We really are agnostic about it.

And so the result is that we never discuss it. We take no side, and we don't offer any further alternatives. We see no reason to consider it. If everyone were truly agnostic about the existence of a god or gods, it would be the end of all religion. The rabbi would be out of a job. HuffPost wouldn't have a religion section, this group wouldn't exist, and no-one would have books of scripture, or believe in resurrections, reincarnation, heavens, or supernatural punishment, because those would be taking a stance. We'd get on with life, just as we get on without debating the number of dimensions. We'd "stop worrying and enjoy our life", as a bus slogan once put it.

I urge everyone to do this.