Since "divinity" has gone through its own stages of evolutionary metamorphosis - from elements of the Nature to animal-form manifestations and to theatrical imagery of men and women - a "reason" assigned to such "divinity" can only be far from reason itself.
A 'reason' by nature is steadfast in its reasonableness and, as such, is independent of counterintuitive influences. An example of this is the story of the Bible's Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his own son as proof of his devotion to God. The illogicality of this "proof of faith" can only exonerate those Nazis who killed the Jews in Auschwitz at the behest of Hitler!
Two opposites cannot make a "reason"; they can only be "perspectives". An example of this dichotomy is the concept of an all-powerful or omnipotent entity who needs the mere mortal men to kill themselves in defence of this entity.
The biggest fallacy in reasoning is the popular belief that 'all things happen for a reason'! Nothing happens for a reason for then this possibility will need to be predicated upon the existence of a puppeteer who makes the play or a chess master who makes the moves. If this is the case, and mankind is but a mere pawn in the hands of its players, we can be no more at fault for making the mistakes and errors classified as "sins", for we are then mere mice that run cluelessly through a maze and into the traps set by these players and movers classified as "gods".
Things never happen for a reason: the reality of the logic here is that we invariably search for and find a reason for what happens. This is nothing but reflective analysis of an event or occurrence. If the outcome of what happens is good, we know how to replicate it; if it is bad, we have the opportunity to learn how to avoid a similar outcome. When the outcome is desirable, we seek the humility to attribute such outcome to the 'beneficence' of some entity we call 'god'. When the outcome is less than desirable or even outright detrimental, we seek the consolation of ameliorating the degree of negativity by ascribing some "reason"behind it, for the event is deemed to have the cognizance of some hidden benefit from the same entity.
Both perspectives are fake. The former is false humility and the latter a fake rationalization of some "value" behind the misfortune.
Those discerning enough can fathom or understand the psychological benefit of these mental processes; however, mere mental processes of rationalizing for feigning humility or coping with tragedy do not, by themselves, prove that a 'god' operated as a causal entity.
The stupor of the effect of the opium of religion does dull the senses allowing people to meander through life with all the benefits of a reality-challenged hallucinatory state. However, this is called the zombie state. There is a great profit to be made by those who endorse these zombi conditions: just keep "reason" out of it for "reason"is antithetical to the current construct or model of Divinity.
[Cyril Abraham]
A 'reason' by nature is steadfast in its reasonableness and, as such, is independent of counterintuitive influences. An example of this is the story of the Bible's Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his own son as proof of his devotion to God. The illogicality of this "proof of faith" can only exonerate those Nazis who killed the Jews in Auschwitz at the behest of Hitler!
Two opposites cannot make a "reason"; they can only be "perspectives". An example of this dichotomy is the concept of an all-powerful or omnipotent entity who needs the mere mortal men to kill themselves in defence of this entity.
The biggest fallacy in reasoning is the popular belief that 'all things happen for a reason'! Nothing happens for a reason for then this possibility will need to be predicated upon the existence of a puppeteer who makes the play or a chess master who makes the moves. If this is the case, and mankind is but a mere pawn in the hands of its players, we can be no more at fault for making the mistakes and errors classified as "sins", for we are then mere mice that run cluelessly through a maze and into the traps set by these players and movers classified as "gods".
Things never happen for a reason: the reality of the logic here is that we invariably search for and find a reason for what happens. This is nothing but reflective analysis of an event or occurrence. If the outcome of what happens is good, we know how to replicate it; if it is bad, we have the opportunity to learn how to avoid a similar outcome. When the outcome is desirable, we seek the humility to attribute such outcome to the 'beneficence' of some entity we call 'god'. When the outcome is less than desirable or even outright detrimental, we seek the consolation of ameliorating the degree of negativity by ascribing some "reason"behind it, for the event is deemed to have the cognizance of some hidden benefit from the same entity.
Both perspectives are fake. The former is false humility and the latter a fake rationalization of some "value" behind the misfortune.
Those discerning enough can fathom or understand the psychological benefit of these mental processes; however, mere mental processes of rationalizing for feigning humility or coping with tragedy do not, by themselves, prove that a 'god' operated as a causal entity.
The stupor of the effect of the opium of religion does dull the senses allowing people to meander through life with all the benefits of a reality-challenged hallucinatory state. However, this is called the zombie state. There is a great profit to be made by those who endorse these zombi conditions: just keep "reason" out of it for "reason"is antithetical to the current construct or model of Divinity.
[Cyril Abraham]
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