Crazy thought of the day:
Is it possible that we’re nothing but amusing sock puppets, worn and animated by a bored, schizophrenic universal consciousness?
Maybe.
Skepticism is wise, being closed-minded is unwise…so I try to be an open-minded skeptic.
Now, I don’t want anyone to take anything too seriously (hell, maybe not seriously at all, that would make for a more enjoyable existence), but I do want people to think for themselves while remaining open minded and poking constantly at the nature of reality.
But as long as we’re poking at reality, and asking things like “what is real” and “what is true”, there’s no better place to start than with religion.
Religion is, frankly, easy to debunk (just use each religion’s own contradictory religious texts and simple logic). Easy peasy, so not going down that rabbit hole here.
BUT… Continue reading…