Think.
“The moment any child, male or female, first learns to envision god as a male, some crucial part of his or her imagination is forever damaged, limited, changed.” - quoted by humachine
I saw this while procrastinating during Faith and Critical Reasoning class. Just like humachine said, it smacked me in the face. Except I have one problem, it’s too specific. This quote takes on a quasi-sexist (as in focusing on gender) role, so I would reword the quote as follows:
“The moment any child, male or female, first learns to envision god as “being,” some crucial part of his or her imagination/philosophical freedom is forever damaged, limited changed.”
I do not mean “being” as in existing mentally or spiritually, but physically. One of my biggest problems with many religions is the personification of god and the growth of the assumption that he exists as a physical being like us, which is ridiculous and in many cases simply founded upon a misinterpretation of the Old Testament (and its variations) or Medieval/Renaissance art.
But there are SO MANY other ways for one to believe in god without viewing him as a person, why don’t more people in the Western beliefs think of them? Why does this exploration have to be restricted to philosophers and college classrooms?
Don’t let yourself be fooled and brainwashed by your own beliefs, explore the alternatives. Worst case scenario, you believe in the same things with stronger faith.
