The more religions I study, the more I go through phases of belief and disbelief in some kind of divine
reality. And that's about as close to being "religious" as I come. I gave up thinking I could "know" anything
about the true nature of god (if there is a god) quite some time ago. On the other hand, I seem to have a
more profound appreciation of the existential mystery of it all.
Exactly, that is why you at some point realize that, notwithstanding crazy Emile's contention that only Judaism is fable and myth, they all are. As I said earlier in this thread, man needed something to explain what he could not, and thus came these stories.
I went through a similar search in my early twenties, studying with numerous religions, and finding the same things you did. That is when I realized that the questions cannot be answered in this life, and it is best just to know your spiritual self, keep your heart kind, and 'do unto others...'.
It beats taking anything anyone says, and twisting it to prove your opinion correct, as someone we know does.
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