My take-away from religious texts is that they're riddled with metaphors and riddles to hide the exact truth. The Bible, the most important of the lot, requires a person to look for God within themselves and their actions, whereas much of the suggestions of modern day Christians and religious leaders is that a higher power, or a third party, is coming to save them. I do not believe this to be the case, and that the truth is inward, not outward.
My take-away from religious texts is that they're riddled with metaphors and riddles to hide the exact truth. The Bible, the most important of the lot, requires a person to look for God within themselves and their actions, whereas much of the suggestions of modern day Christians and religious leaders is that a higher power, or a third party, is coming to save them. I do not believe this to be the case, and that the truth is inward, not outward.
This brings to mind the idea/claims that praying will solve everything because that's what David did when fighting Goliath and other stories...completely missing that David did something after praying.
This brings to mind the idea/claims that praying will solve everything because that's what David did when fighting Goliath and other stories...completely missing that David *did something* after praying.
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