Instagram is full of 'religion is stupid' and 'Jesus is the only way to live' and 'Muslims are evil' content at the moment [https://instagram.com/p/_OJ9Spt7rs/] Last night I was chatting to a friend who has come up against the contrast between her own fluid views on spirituality and a concrete wall of Christian doctrine followed by another friend.
Personally I like the word 'agnostic'.
Across the span of post-civilised human communities we have always manifested the unknown as a God of some sorts - an overarching layer to prevent the madness experienced by never ceasing to contemplate the true fluidity and intemporalness of existence . But I can't accept that one version is any more valid than another. They all do the job of smoothing the edges of the mind to keep us functioning within our social groups.
Of course our social groups are increasingly diversified, and as a result our religious awareness, our spiritual vernacular, is also. So here's to agnosticism: a healthy way to start the day.
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