ayla_z said:Just a quick response here... I'm thinking that words are very human, and they are symbols of concepts, which are also just human.. and maybe behind all that is a reality that cannot be "accurately described".. but which can be experienced. SO.... how is anyone to "judge" what religion is true or false, using human words and concepts..
Maybe religious dogma is more poetry than anything else?
Ayla Z
I doubt you'd get many theists admitting that it is all symbolic and should be taken in the same manner as poetry etc. If they lived that way it could be at least understood if not condoned. The rules of religion are meant to be taken literally and they must have blind faith in them.