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Originally Posted by FellaGaga-52
I read it. Wondering how old you are (sounds like 50-something?) and if you play poker.
I questioned you that religious stuff is just a narrative in one's head (no god ever actually shows up, nor are any miracles ever caught on cell phone strangely), and you countered with an enormous narrative in your head about what god is doing in your life. All of that, good and bad, can happen with or without a god. And how did you determine which hidden god is doing it? Oh, the one prominent in your culture. Your narrative would be adopted to whatever culture and god you were in.
That's not a path to truth. That's the narrative in your head adopted from the culture. Imaginary friends help children cope, and imaginary gods help believers cope. Believing in such can have utility, power. Prayer, as I mentioned, can have power based solely on its internal "tanking" aspect.
What you've written doesn't move the bar a centimeter as to the reality of the god or the metaphysics of the religion. It is a testimony of how religion can be used -- ANY RELIGION -- to aid a human being.
Christianity is not interested in the worldly truth and reality you subscribe to. Worldly truth can only offer to manage the symptoms of your perishing. Christianity serves life, not death.
