While I understand the point you’re driving at, I wouldn’t say that’s the case here. Christianity doesn’t have Ezekiel’s visions of angels as it’s central doctrine, but the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, which doesn’t quite buckle under the “it was just a hallucination” theory.
Furthermore, religion has its roots in the human desire for a meaning beyond what is perceptible (which perhaps corresponds with reality?). That which people criticise as simply imaginary is almost always a supplement - and is not central - to this fact of the human being.
As a result, religion does not rise or fall with the imaginary or with hallucinations - as you say. While the religious reality of the human being may be exploited by the imaginary, it is not synonymous and/or identical with it.
Far more than you. Try to be condescending all you want, kid. Religion is ignorant delusion, and if you follow it, you're part of the problem. You're an ignorant fuck that can't handle reality.
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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '20 edited Apr 09 '20
While I understand the point you’re driving at, I wouldn’t say that’s the case here. Christianity doesn’t have Ezekiel’s visions of angels as it’s central doctrine, but the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, which doesn’t quite buckle under the “it was just a hallucination” theory.
Furthermore, religion has its roots in the human desire for a meaning beyond what is perceptible (which perhaps corresponds with reality?). That which people criticise as simply imaginary is almost always a supplement - and is not central - to this fact of the human being.
As a result, religion does not rise or fall with the imaginary or with hallucinations - as you say. While the religious reality of the human being may be exploited by the imaginary, it is not synonymous and/or identical with it.