Some people find confusion and complexities in finding or faithfully living many religions. Religion truly should be a clear and simplistic subject, possibly even natural, when viewed with just the basic beliefs that many religions started with and grew from. Of course all religions added to this base belief over the years where they saw it beneficial in keeping up with modernizing society and increasing their numbers. It blows my mind what all current Christian religions I have studied now believe and teach. It has become increasingly complex and confusing to the point that you must devote yourself to the study of a single religion for long periods of time to truly understand everything they believe.
It's hard not to at least consider the possibility that these religions have created complexities and more information in order to be considered a greater holder of truth. Also, increased complexities lead to a more confused population; confusion is not a comfortable state for people to live in so it causes many to cling onto a religion just to find some sort of clarity. This could very well be yet another hidden agenda.
Maybe thats why I agree substantially more with eastern philosophies. For thousands of years they have retained there simple basic beliefs. New philosophers have added information claiming to their own work, leaving all other texts and beliefs unharmed by increasing human imperfections (this doesn't work in religions because new beliefs need to come directly from god). I believe that eastern philosophies (in particular Taoism) now contain the most truth of all living religions. Having new beliefs simply added to their pool of knowledge, rather than suffering from increased complexities caused by religions attempting to change beliefs in order to serve a changing society. These new changes cover up the simple necessary beliefs with new complex ones.
All religions should take the advice of my blog name, reverting back to the simplest truest original beliefs and LET IT BE
Too late now though
All religions should take the advice of my blog name, reverting back to the simplest truest original beliefs and LET IT BE
Too late now though
This quote also made me think of you:
ReplyDelete“It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful…...for in movement there is life, and in change there is power”. Alan Cohen