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There are questions which, once approached, either isolate you or kill you outright.

One of the greatest delusions of the average man is to forget that life is death's prisoner.

Haven't people learned yet that the time of superficial intellectual games is over, that agony is infinitely more important than syllogism, that a cry of despair is more revealing than the most subtle thought, and that tears always have deeper roots than smiles?

Religion comforts us for the defeat of our will to power. It adds new worlds to ours, and thus brings us hope of new conquests and new victories. We are converted to religion out of fear of suffocating within the narrow confines of this world.

Our main problem is a lack of understanding of what it means to be human and that we are not separate from nature.

We do not need god myths to survive and thrive. We need an aware humanity

Gloomy 3 June 24
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Your last two sentences: "Our main problem is a lack of understanding of what it means to be human and that we are not separate from nature."

"We do not need god myths to survive and thrive. We need an aware humanity "

My version:
Our main problem is not understanding our true position in the universe as an evolved life form on planet earth. If there is a purpose for any life form, it is to survive, and humans have done very well, in spite of religion.
We do not need gods, but we created them, and the supernatural as well. Which came first, gods or heaven? Humans do need myths, though. That's part of being human, but we must realize that the supernatural realm (and supernatural entities therein) is a delusion.
Imagine where the world might be, if it hadn't been for JC. GROG

GROG Level 6 June 24, 2020

You say, "...but we must realize that the supernatural realm (and supernatural entities therein) is a delusion."

Is cognition itself a delusion? Are spoken words not entities?

Entity defined: 1A thing with distinct and independent existence.

Cognition defined: 1The mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses.

Logos from greek meaning thought, word, reason

You are using your cognition to read these words?

above; over; beyond.
"superlunary"
to a great or extreme degree.
"superabundant"
extra large of its kind.
"supercontinent"
having greater influence, capacity, etc. than another of its kind.
"superbike"
of a higher kind (especially in names of classificatory divisions).
"superfamily"

John 1:1 ... the logos was with God and was God.

We can naturally observe words with our cognition, logos capabilities. However, we could also understand that it requires a "realm" in which this cognition capability exist. It requires a special higher state of energy such as what is required to bring about a brain structure so that these "super" capabilities can function. Words, cognition, thinking capabilities is a supernatural entry. It can be observed that it requires a higher realm of energy state to exist. Cognition is the "super" of natural things and entities. What is anything if it foes not have cognition?

@Word What I said: "Humans do need myths, though. That's part of being human, but we must realize that the supernatural realm (and supernatural entities therein) is a delusion."
We need the fiction and the non-fiction, but we must realize that only one really exists. We need imagination, but there is only one place it can actually apply and that is in the world of non-fiction.
Cognition? That's what the brain does. It's purpose is to survive.
GROG

@GROG First, for you to say," but we must realize that the supernatural realm (and supernatural entities therein) is a delusion." Would be a rather unfounded, unsupported and illogical statement.

Then you say, "We need imagination, but there is only one place it can actually apply and that is in the world of non-fiction." I think people can infact have imaginations about things that are nonfiction.

As apart of our cognition or thinking ability we can use our thoughts to imagine real, true things, it is not required that are thoughts are only relegated to imagine nonfiction. Otherwise, please give better clarification to what you mean.

Lastly, you say,"Cognition? That's what the brain does. It's purpose is to survive." Yes, correct basically generally speaking, but let me point to brainless cognition. A brain is not required for something to think or cognate.

[scientificamerican.com]

How Brainless Slime Molds Redefine Intelligence [Video]
Single-celled amoebae can remember, make decisions and anticipate change, urging scientists to rethink intelligent behavior

By Ferris Jabr on November 7, 2012

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Traditional Christianity teaches people to try worming their way into heaven, but not all religions are the same. Some religions do foster identity with the whole of reality.

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Worthy of Samuel Beckett on a down day when denied access to his anti-depressants

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Hmmm...somewhat pessimistic in the spirit of Schopenhauer. Life may be a vale of tears if not for the Mayan veils of illusion that optimistically color our perception such as hope and faith. John Loftus derails faith with the outsider’s test, where faith stances devoid of warrant wind up in mutually contradictory metaphysical stances. Don’t squint too hard at the fine print. Maybe Cypher in The Matrix was right to want to return to the illusion. Thinking outside the box is disconcerting. We feel liberated from religion, but at what price?

If life winds up more suffering than pleasure or meaningfulness, maybe antinatalists (eg- Benatar) are correct and people should opt not to increase suffering by adding offspring into the equation. Is that an odd intergenerational imperative? Goes against be fruitful and multiply.

Overall the post seems to be conjuring the death denial ghost of Ernest Becker. Death fear is a factor in unconscious genesis of world religions. The field of Terror Management Theory has built on Becker’s work. See The Worm at the Core by Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg and Tom Pyszczynski.

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