Same here. I put it aside for the next 30 years. It wasn't until I had an unmistakably "religious" event that I looked into it again. I focus on Zen and Tao as the forms that speak best to … (View Post)

Agreed, hence my last statement: Btw, religion, god, all these terms are so loaded that I don't even know if we are talking about the same thing... For me, it is a starting with the basics. What am I… (View Post)

@FinneousPJ If you want to understand religion, you will have to participate in some way. Watching sports on TV does not give you the feeling of what it is like to play. Religion is only understood b… (View Post)

@FinneousPJ Then consider yourself fortunate! My mind was such that these things were impossible within my logical framework. (View Post)

@FinneousPJ First off, logic is wholly appropriate for practical considerations and need not be discarded at all. You don't have to choose to be rational or irrational, just understand it. My point w… (View Post)