A man was riding in a train. In his lap he carried a large cage with a cloth cover which obscured its interior. The train rolled on for hours. Finally, curiosity overcame the passenger sitting across from him, and he asked, “Excuse me, but what is in the cage?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“A mongoose”, replied the man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Why do you have a mongoose?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“To kill the snakes.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“What snakes?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Sometimes I drink too much, and I see pink snakes. They frighten me.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“But those are imaginary snakes!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I know, and this is an imaginary mongoose.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That story might be thought to be merely absurd humor, but it actually captures the entire essence of religion. Recently I heard it said, “It is not enough for us to know that gods do not exist; the gods need to know it, too.” And actually, the gods have been telling us that for centuries, as interpreted by their human representatives, but many of us haven’t been paying attention. Yes, that’s correct: God is an atheist. The real meaning of the allegory of Jesus being crucified is “The god you thought existed is dead.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was easy to miss that point when those who knew that deluded populations were easier to control for the controllers’ ulterior motives keep insisting that JC was only kidding, while they invented their own versions of his philosophy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
REDUCTIONISM<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That is the approach that underlies all rational thought. It tells us that any phenomenon, no matter how complex, can be reduced to its component parts and explained as a series of physical causes and effects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is true that there are phenomena that we do not entirely understand…yet. That does not contradict the fact that they CAN be understood with sufficient investigation and analysis. Interjecting non-physical causes is merely a lazy cop-out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
–CosmicRat Jan. 14 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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