re: #112 Guanxi88

Do not undervalue the power of existential angst. As humans we all become aware of our impending death, even if that awareness becomes suppressed. Thus we have to come to ways to deal with that… and religion springs forth.

Last night on the open thread I linked to a website (Initforthegold) where the writer is recounting a trip to visit the South, and retelling what he heard someone say on the radio:

“We have nothing against freedom of religion. Everybody should be free to believe whatever they want, and no religion should get special treatment. But when it comes to the Bible, we aren’t talking about religion. The Bible is the revealed truth of God.”

The power of the mind that lets a person differentiate “religion” from “The Bible is the revealed truth of God” is itself a rather amazing phenomena, a human trait with which we all must deal.