Religion
In reply to the discussion: The newfangled atheists' normalization of Islamophobia was a... [View all]Bretton Garcia
(970 posts)Your typical modern Christianity, is essentially hypocritical and inconsistent. At times it supports the idea of 1) a "mysterious" ineffable God, about whom nothing definitive can be said. This is perhaps a good idea, some would say. But 2) often its advocates are not loyal to it. One second they tell us nothing can be said about this ineffable God. But then the start saying lots of things about him.
Related to that, is an opposite problem: what good is a religion, a God, who is always ineffable and equivocal, or vague. Who never gives us good solid, pointed advice when we need it?
So your own typical, modern vague, metaphorical God, is a ... rather useless appendage. At best.
In some ways in the past, I was attracted to our vague, modern/postmodern God. But eventually...