Read this one 3 times. So much, so many thoughts. I have a dear friend that is going through a very religious time. This segment helped me see it/him a bit better. I love my retirement. An adjustment not to have to "go to work" but I have my studio, self imposed deadlines for images that come in dreams. It is good and I like not having to fill out any kind of report. Thank you for sharing your stories.
I am interested in observing how people use religion. I've known a few people who seemed to shine/glow on a daily basis (good, decent people some of whom were very religious, and others who were good, decent people with no obvious religion).
There is a saying by Emile Durkheim that goes roughly like this: "A society with morals needs no laws. A society with no morals cannot have enough laws." I think this is true. What's interesting to me is how one can take "laws" and replace it with something else. Let's try this: "A society with morals needs no religion. A society with no morals can't have enough religions." Maybe that is the real lesson of the tower of Babel. Maybe there is a single path, a single way, but us humans, being imperfect images of something greater only end up making imperfect images of everything, including religion.
Read this one 3 times. So much, so many thoughts. I have a dear friend that is going through a very religious time. This segment helped me see it/him a bit better. I love my retirement. An adjustment not to have to "go to work" but I have my studio, self imposed deadlines for images that come in dreams. It is good and I like not having to fill out any kind of report. Thank you for sharing your stories.
I am interested in observing how people use religion. I've known a few people who seemed to shine/glow on a daily basis (good, decent people some of whom were very religious, and others who were good, decent people with no obvious religion).
There is a saying by Emile Durkheim that goes roughly like this: "A society with morals needs no laws. A society with no morals cannot have enough laws." I think this is true. What's interesting to me is how one can take "laws" and replace it with something else. Let's try this: "A society with morals needs no religion. A society with no morals can't have enough religions." Maybe that is the real lesson of the tower of Babel. Maybe there is a single path, a single way, but us humans, being imperfect images of something greater only end up making imperfect images of everything, including religion.