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Thoughts on the Abstract, Pragmatistic Palpability of Religion (idea)
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by
moJoe
Sat Aug 05 2000 at 1:02:40
In relation to the "
reality
" of various
deities
through out the known history of
mankind
.
Reality concerns itself with the true or actual; that which exists. Earlier--while speaking in the
catbox
about
Celtic God
s and
Ghostbusters
(in sequence)--I observed that
Zool
was not a "real"
Sumerian
god and that he was imaginary; invented specifically for the movie. The opinion/counterpoint was made that all of the
Celtic
Gods aren't actually real either, eluding to the not entirely invalid observation that Zool and the
Celtic Gods
were similar in that way (made up). For the sake of argument, the Celtic Gods may, in fact, be "real" (read
corporeal
,
sentient
, etc...). For that matter any God in history or as of yet unimagined may exist within our
Universe
yet I doubt I am far out of line when I observe that it is improbable that they could
all
exist/have existed. For the sake of ease, we will be assuming that the Celtic
Gods
which we used in this particular conversation, are not and never have been "real" in the most common sense of the word. If you believe in Celtic
God
s, you may be more comfortable using
Jesus
or
Zeus
in their stead; it really isn't that important.
Though it is true that
Zoo
l was an imaginative construct as have been many other (perhaps even all) religious deities through history, I observed that pragmatically, Celtic Gods actually had/has followers; they, for better or worse, changed the life course of a large group of people if not all of history through faith and in deed. Zool, on the other hand, was a great bad guy in a well-liked movie that is all but forgotten except in
nostalgic reminiscence
.
My example was Jesus.
Possibly driven by
Jesus
himself, but certainly because of the existence of
Jesus
, man has build great
cathedrals
, fought religious
jihad's
, started
charities
where there were none,
stolen
, preached tolerance and murdered the innocent. Some things fantastic, some things horrible; many small, a few monumental and all of them, thing and deed, due to the existence of the belief in
Jesus
.
The question of
Pragmatic Palpability
is; regardless of the actual corporeal or sentient, astral existence of Jesus or the
Celtic Gods
; are they "more real" than
Zool
?
Though I know I am not the first person to ponder this sort of thing, I would still be interested to hear all of your thoughts on it.
This node has been officially sanctioned as a
World Theological Mexican Style Wrestling Federation
war node!
C'mon guys, no action figures from MATTEL® unless we get it in gear.
Jihad
All religions are fallen
February 9, 2002
Insanity sometimes is the sane response to a mad society
Thirty Sonnets: At the Tomb of Napoleon Before the Elections in America -- November, 1912
Small Gods
insanity
belief