>> On what basis did you conclude that I reject any of that history? The way you replied to my comments, I thought you were offended at the idea that I even tr

>> On what basis did you conclude that I reject any of that history? The way you replied to my comments, I thought you were offended at the idea that I even tried to make sense of the Bible. You've made this clear now, that this is not the case. I had not gone through your HN history. >> If you read the Bible as a story of ancient culture, which I encourage you to do, then you malign the culture by misreading what they wrote. You instead end up reading reflections of your own thoughts of the world, so of course that interpretation is going to make more sense to you. And yes, self-delusion can be fun. My family members include both Muslim and Taoists[1]. I've been trying to reconcile both sets of beliefs. I've spent time with each of those sides of family. And, although I now see how putting what I understand out here can offend people, I maintain there are some philosophical links between those two beliefs. I'm not entirely in self-delusion entertaining these thoughts, I point you to another blogger, who writes about the Taoist's pantheist world view through the lens of Sufism: http://www.techofheart.co/2013/11/sufi-intepretation-tao-te-ching-dao-de-ching-Laotsu.html http://www.techofheart.co/2013/11/sufi-intepretation-tao-te-... >> Nor can you reconcile omniscience with special relativity. I know now it's not going to mean anything to you. I believe the universe (a passive) is working out what everything will be by moving time into the future. And that's how it "knows" everything. It's model of reality is reality itself. I know there's no "The reality", but I know there is "The universe". I know I might as well said left is on the left side of right, and that's exactly what it is. [1] My grandmother a Taoist, my uncle Muslim, and my aunt Christian. They have all tried to teach me their beliefs basically my entire life, and I listened.