Reflections on “The Religious Case Against Belief”, by Carl von Baeyer
Belief systems are willfully closed and certain. They are the enemy of religions, which are so open to debate, uncertainty, and reinterpretation that it takes thousands of years for these discussions to run their course. In his 2008 book, theologian James P. Carse explains how the essence of religion is poetry or mystery or a higher form of ignorance rather than a didactic set of claims or beliefs.
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