Mojo ♻️Sep 9, 2024

@rightardia The Epic of Gilgamesh and the Bible have fascinating parallels, especially the flood story. In Gilgamesh (written around 2100 BCE), Utnapishtim is warned by the gods to build a boat and save animals from a massive flood, just like Noah in the Bible’s Genesis (written around 500–600 BCE). Both stories feature a divine warning, an ark, and a great flood. But while the Bible presents a monotheistic view, Gilgamesh involves multiple gods.

#Gilgamesh #BibleStories #NoahsArk #AncientHistory #FloodMyth #Mesopotamia #BiblicalStudies #EpicOfGilgamesh #Mythology #ReligiousTexts #Plagiarism

𝗖 𝗔 𝗧Apr 16, 2024
The Bible is NOT the word of god.
#Bible #Religion #Atheism #Skepticism #CriticalThinking #Faith #ReligiousCritique #BiblicalCriticism #AtheistCommunity #FreeThought #Secularism #Rationality #Scripture #Debate #ReligiousTexts
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZLWVkQWPtBM&si=wJsBRhZjuDJCiwQv
The Bible Is Not The Word Of God! | The Atheist Experience: Throwback

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Oldowan RanchAug 16, 2023

#SocietalNorms #SpiritualGrowth #Authenticity #Diversity #SelfDiscovery #FaithJourney #Reflect #Perspectives #ReligiousTexts #InfluentialThinkers #Challenges #Opportunities #EmbraceDifferences #InnerFulfillment #BalancingPriorities #Compassion #Identity #

https://kevin72e32eeceb.wordpress.com/2023/08/15/navigating-the-interplay-between-societal-norms-and-individual-spiritual-growth/

Navigating the Interplay Between Societal Norms and Individual Spiritual Growth

Explore the intricate relationship between societal norms and individual spiritual growth. Gain insights from diverse perspectives, religious texts, and thinkers as you reflect on your faith journe…

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RamenCatholic 🐢🌈Jul 5, 2023

I'm gonna cover someone else's shift on Sat, so I've got #today off. I suppose I could do something productive; but, I'd rather download books, play games, and stream weird shit

Currently looking at Apps for various #ReligiousTexts because I'm a big #nerd 🤓

I'm also still looking for a Fedi instance that would *welcome* my #Universalist #Ministry which focuses on #ReligiousLiberty & #ReligiousLiteracy 📚

Shitty, under construction, website
https://www.brokenpathministry.org

Broken Path Ministry

We seek to celebrate truth, reason, and religious liberty & to perform the functions of the clergy for those who ask.

Sergeant CatAug 28, 2021
"Sacks’s critique of fundamentalism ultimately pulls its punches because he remains, like the fundamentalists, an essentialist. His vision is a liberal one, but on the conservative end of the spectrum. It’s revealing that, while he does refer to fundamentalism in all three monotheistic faiths, he is by far the most concerned about Islamism and about ­antisemitism. He is unable or unwilling to truly grasp the inroads that fundamentalist Judaism has made in Israel and elsewhere. He finds it difficult to understand power and global inequality in ways that will give bite to his ­analysis of why fundamentalism occurs.

Yet his method remains valid, and contains positive lessons even for those who are not religious. Even if the conclusions he comes to in his re-reading of Genesis are not as radical as he might claim, he does show how an appreciation for “counter-narratives” in religious texts can open them up in ways that liberate them from rigid dogma. His message that the more complex reading is the most religiously authentic can be extrapolated way beyond the sphere of religion: an appreciation of complexity and the ambiguity of meaning is a vital tool in navigating a complex and ambiguous world."

#religion #religioustexts #fundamentalism #reading

https://newhumanist.org.uk/articles/4943/how-should-we-read-religious-texts
How should we read religious texts?

Britain’s former Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks advocates a more complex reading. But do his ideas fit with the modern world?