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Just to be clear, the background picture is by 18th century Dutch painter, Aert Schouman, possibly a self portrait. Or so AI tells me. AI also identified it as a meme currently circulating. I won’t get into the fact that the definition of meme has changed from its coinage in the late 20th century by Richard Dawkins to its current usage as crap circulating on the Internet. Language evolves and changes.
May Deep Thought save us all.
When folks ask me about my religion I have a tendency to tell them that I was raised Southern Baptist, but I am much better now. If I am in an even more playful mood I might tell them I am a Born Again Agnostic. If I am really feeling like a stinker I tell them I belong to the Church of Later Day Hedonist, and we meet every Friday down at Joe’s Bar and Grill, please join us for evening services. Depending on the person it is either a conversational stopper or elicits a laugh and may lead to more conversation. If I am being a bit more serious I describe myself as agnostic. I choose this appellation mainly because militant atheists bother me as much as evangelic Christians or jihadists Muslims. I would like to think that what I believe is most likely true, but ultimately the answer to the god question is unknowable. I have a B.S., but no matter how much science you throw at it, the mere existence of the universe blows my mind.
It is not original with me, but I have been saying for years that religion was a form of mass psychosis. Psychosis being defined as a mental illness whereby the sufferer loses touch with reality.
Along came Dawkins, Blackmore and others Continue reading “The God Virus by Darrel W. Ray”