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> The key is to understand that religion is a map, not the territory. All religions are essentially different paths to the same destination, mixed with varying
by yamtaddle 4y ago
> The key is to understand that religion is a map, not the territory. All religions are essentially different paths to the same destination, mixed with varying levels of human interpretation.
Given that a large fraction of people who self-identify as religious would vigorously disagree with this, I think this insight's of limited—though perhaps not no—utility in understanding religion.
- IIsi50MHz 4y agoThis prompts a perhaps crazy thought: "The mind's poor ability at introspection does not invalidate the observations of another mind about about the first mind." . o O ( Somehow the wording of that thought makes me want to re-read Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid )
- astrange 4y agoThis idea is called "perennialism" and is one of the inspirations for German Idealism/New Age/hippies. It's also of course not true.