The Way of the Agnostic

[Flabbergasted]

5. Church-goers don't go to church for theology. A pastor preaching intellectually nuanced views will

be greeted by empty pews. Modern theism has more to do with 'Marketing', as well as submission to tradition, than the bridge of understanding that could exist between the 'known' and symbolic. To atheism this is a feast: A literal translation of misunderstood and simplified theology, the literal forcing of theology into a fact based paradigm, resulting in pseudoscience, something it was never meant to withstand. Christianity missed the boat about a hundred years ago. Instead of accepting that dinosaurs and evolution exist "they" decided the bible must be taken literally. They still have not quite understood that this will eventually cause them to be extinct. The "correct" and easy outcome would be to accept scientific views as "proving" that God "exists" no matter where science leads. I would advocate more for a reworking of Christianity into allegorical and mystical/contemplative understanding if that were possible