God did not write the bible, jews did.
Saying otherwise after reading the old testament (and I mean reading every page from start to finish, not just quotes here and there) is willful ignorance.
Imo, applying simple spiritual logic inevitably leads to agnosticism in the following way:
- All religoeus people (claiming one specific religion) agree god is the source of all that is. Yet also believe he had to write his will down in words for us. And following his written will is the only way for us to be alligned with truth.
- but the creation itself can not be fully described using words because the principle of infinity (in time as well as space) implies it can never be entirely known. The creator of this creation is therefor even more elusive as he encompasses and supersedes all creation. So Truth (all encompassing Truth) can not be reduced to written (or spoken) language.
- this means all possible descriptions of god are either false if they claim to present the whole truth, or incomplete and therefore not entirely trustworthy.
Ancient and modern 'primitive' spiritual humans understand this and therefore restrain from elaborating too much about god. That is why silence (=meditation) is considered the only option when dealing with the subject. This is physically showing you have nothing to say (or do) about god, because all you can possibly say will never be the whole truth. The modern day equivalent can be considered as agnosticism, whether you meditate or not does not matter.
This practice of meditation was then bastardised by scammers hungry for power and wealth. They claim one can win the favor of the creator (of which you know nothing or only very little) by pronouncing certain words and performing certain rituals that ultimately only benefit the inventor of the practice. And so religion came to existence, ignoring the most basic understanding there is about god.
Saying otherwise after reading the old testament (and I mean reading every page from start to finish, not just quotes here and there) is willful ignorance.
Imo, applying simple spiritual logic inevitably leads to agnosticism in the following way:
- All religoeus people (claiming one specific religion) agree god is the source of all that is. Yet also believe he had to write his will down in words for us. And following his written will is the only way for us to be alligned with truth.
- but the creation itself can not be fully described using words because the principle of infinity (in time as well as space) implies it can never be entirely known. The creator of this creation is therefor even more elusive as he encompasses and supersedes all creation. So Truth (all encompassing Truth) can not be reduced to written (or spoken) language.
- this means all possible descriptions of god are either false if they claim to present the whole truth, or incomplete and therefore not entirely trustworthy.
Ancient and modern 'primitive' spiritual humans understand this and therefore restrain from elaborating too much about god. That is why silence (=meditation) is considered the only option when dealing with the subject. This is physically showing you have nothing to say (or do) about god, because all you can possibly say will never be the whole truth. The modern day equivalent can be considered as agnosticism, whether you meditate or not does not matter.
This practice of meditation was then bastardised by scammers hungry for power and wealth. They claim one can win the favor of the creator (of which you know nothing or only very little) by pronouncing certain words and performing certain rituals that ultimately only benefit the inventor of the practice. And so religion came to existence, ignoring the most basic understanding there is about god.