Religion and the new technology

[intaglio]

24. It is normal

You are so eager to lay the source of good and evil outside the humanity of which you are a part that you ignore the commonality of these experiences, not just in the present day but throughout human existence.

People prior to the idol now named "Jesus" had the same experiences and wrote or made oral tales about them. People from different traditions and races all over the world have had such feelings for all of the time of which we have knowledge yet before the present day only a minuscule fraction of these put the source of those feelings in a creature perhaps named YHWH. In contradiction, prior to this current time, some others saw the work of multiple Gods or demons or spirits whilst many saw it just as things that humans did or experienced and either unrelated to religion or entirely separate from divine will or in opposition to such will.

Examine the traditions of unconditional love and the fact that poets, authors and songwriters continue the explore this wonderful feeling that needs no outside influence except the beloved being. If it is just a quirk of my imagination then my imagination is in good company.

As to rejecting religious language, why do I need to use special conventions of thought or speech? Using such things is no more than magical thinking.