Thursday, June 30, 2005

2 + 2 + 4?


Nearly everything that Christianity or any religion proclaims to "know" about God is the equivalent of saying that I "know" quantum mechanics because I know that 2 + 2 + 4. It may be a true statement, but it is an infinitely small part of all that is true, and certainly does not indicate that I have any real understanding of the subject. When a Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, etc, tells us what they experience as Divine or Sacred, or something like 3 + 3 = 6, we might not recognize that as being truth. We may arrogantly or ignorantly insist that 2 + 2 = 4, and that is the complete truth. It's kind of like God is pointing and leading us to the horizon and we mistakenly think that what lies at our feet is the final destination. We are all at such a basic level in our understandings of the nature and workings of God that I don't believe we should be making too many final pronouncements.

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