In accordance with linear time, A very long time ago, I decided to alter my outlook and internal perception of reality. In short, after living my entire life to that moment, over 38 years surrounded by religion and people who accepted some form of religion on a floating scale from one to ten, I attempted to comprehend a reality without religion while living emersed in a social system religion embedded. I know what some might already be getting ready to argue me on, what about non believers, agnostics and atheists? All of them base their beliefs on religion even if they do not accept any one faith in particular. What I did, is not as easy as it might sound, if it is done properly. Let me explain. Religious concepts exist in everyday speech, in sayings, in paintings, in stories; basically, it is very deeply entrenched even in non religiously lived lives. Not that my goal was to see it gone from society. And considered from that perspective, deeply entrenched and somehow removed. For me that would not do it. I wanted to imagine a society in which religion never ever existed; a society that grew without an unknown, here are the attributes we assign to, all powerful Higher Power. The first thing that this meant was I had to imagine an entirely different social structure, for is not the concept of a President, a Prime Minister, a Despot Dictator, a Pharoah, a Pope, not merely an Earthly physical manifestation / representation / emulation of This Highest Power? Where imitation is the highest form of flattery? A social system without a Higher Power concept would not build a social system based upon a Higher Power concept; as far as I can determine it anyway. So set about, I did, to determine an alternate, if alternate could exist, and did. Although, I must admit, am the first to admit, I did not expect to come to grips with one as intricate and complete. Or how such a concept would shift my thought process and literally change it. It is so strange, it is something like looking at reality through two lenses, but not knowing if either represents true reality. It’s a curious state of being. W.
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In short, after living my entire life to that moment, over 38 years surrounded by religion and people who accepted some form of religion on a floating scale from one to ten, I attempted to comprehend a reality without religion while living emersed in a social system religion embedded.
I know what some might already be getting ready to argue me on, what about non believers, agnostics and atheists? All of them base their beliefs on religion even if they do not accept any one faith in particular.
What I did, is not as easy as it might sound, if it is done properly. Let me explain.
Religious concepts exist in everyday speech, in sayings, in paintings, in stories; basically, it is very deeply entrenched even in non religiously lived lives.
Not that my goal was to see it gone from society. And considered from that perspective, deeply entrenched and somehow removed.
For me that would not do it. I wanted to imagine a society in which religion never ever existed; a society that grew without an unknown, here are the attributes we assign to, all powerful Higher Power.
The first thing that this meant was I had to imagine an entirely different social structure, for is not the concept of a President, a Prime Minister, a Despot Dictator, a Pharoah, a Pope, not merely an Earthly physical manifestation / representation / emulation of This Highest Power? Where imitation is the highest form of flattery?
A social system without a Higher Power concept would not build a social system based upon a Higher Power concept; as far as I can determine it anyway.
So set about, I did, to determine an alternate, if alternate could exist, and did.
Although, I must admit, am the first to admit, I did not expect to come to grips with one as intricate and complete. Or how such a concept would shift my thought process and literally change it.
It is so strange, it is something like looking at reality through two lenses, but not knowing if either represents true reality.
It’s a curious state of being. W.