Therefore, without further ado...
"So many people argue about the existence of God. To me, this is a complete waste of time. Clearly God exists. There are images, texts, statues, paintings, buildings, cities and countries, and entire world religions devoted to God. God exists.The problem is this: God is a symbol. Symbols exist. God exists as a symbol. However, because our brains lack the most basic ability to distinguish reality from symbols and sensations in our head, we believe that there is an actual living god who exists in 3-D reality who cares about our genitals.
This is incorrect.
There is no actual, living, 3D reality god - much less one who cares about our genitals. There is only an infinite amount of ever expanding symbols for god - created by us sexual mammals. We love god like we love sex because they both flow from the same place in our head.
A symbolic place....
....The only thing we can say with certainty is that we are symbolic mammals who have lots of sex and believe in gods. We believe in the symbols we create, and we are willing to live and die by our beliefs in these symbols. Remarkably, the symbols in our heads can even mess up our own ability to experience sexual pleasure.
In reality, sex and god are one in the same. "
3 comments:
Interesting! Thanks for sharing this.
thanks Adamf. I was a bit hesitant to share it, (I'm sure quite a few folks would be highly offended at the Dodson/Ross blog) but I thought the idea of God existing as Symbol (and all the incumbent power/influence those symbols have for us) was very intriguing.
I agree... I think whether or not God really exists is a separate issue from the power of "God" as a symbol in our lives. Really interesting.
And good luck with your art! Risks are scary! Good luck.
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