Posted by Sigismund on February 21, 2008, at 1:42:24
In reply to Re: so soon I will have to live once again 'not hi » Sigismund, posted by obsidian on February 20, 2008, at 19:12:41
>wow...they don't question their religion?
I'm not sure. I have read that certain premodern societies might be termed 'enchanted' (which doesn't mean anything neccessarily good) whereas our world is disenchanted.
>I suppose that might feel comforting,
to "know" that something is absolutely true, on faith, to just accept it?People in earlier times were much more sophisticated than we might think. I imagine that many took it for granted (in a kind of way) that they were dealing with metaphors and legends that had validiity.
>for me there is always a question looming, waiting to strike
but what if? but what if?
and I hear people talk who just believe in "god"
and I think, but that can't be! but that's nice for you...that you can believe in something
Someone today told me that they don't have anything to lose and nothing to believe in, and I found that there was nothing in me that said anything other than...."yeah, you're right, there is nothing to believe in is there?" with a feeling of some shared despair.
But what if 'belief' is not the issue? We live in fundamenatlist times. You live in a religious society, and I live in a non-religious one. Religion for me is better as colour and movement than as doctrine, the emphasis on which is emblematic of our (world wide!) cultural decline.
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