I spend 10 hours of my day reading about religions, and I have been doing that for 15 years now!Why do I do this, and what will it lead me to?
>>24916753Plausibly, going insane and hearing one or more gods telling you to go start your own religion.
>>24916753Ok - let's cut to the chase. All that reading and all that knowledge, so tell me friend, does God(s) exist?
>>24917396Yes.
>>24918052No.
>>24916753>what will it lead me to?It's incredible you've been able to do that for 15 years without arriving anywhere at all. I think that says enough about religion
>>24916753You are not a medieval scribe translating ancient religious texts so you do not read 10 hours a day nor have you been doing that for 15 years.
>>24916753The supreme realisation that it all is what it is. Simple as.
>>24918313The fact that you think 15 years of research - even if we assume that it's 16 hours of reading per day - would be enough for anyone to figure all the answers on any topic, actually says much more about you than anything else. And it means you are a smug little dilettante clown.
>>24919763Your a little bitch, I’m a Christian bro.
>>24916753You are an academic or a mentally obsessed neet.Whats the best religion or faith?
>>24919763I had religion figured out by 15 and I didn't waste an hour on it per day. I'm sorry you were born without a brain.
>>24919767My bad, I guess you are not even a smug little dilettante, just a dogmatic and ignorant brainlet. >>24920204You have it as much figured out as you do quantum physics and the study of telomeres, no doubt.
>>24920199they are all the same
>>24922103Cringe post if you're a perennialist, also cringe if you're an atheist.
>>24920393>the study of fairytales is equivalent to scientific inquirySome kids get stuck in that stage where they can’t seem to decide that shit isn’t something you play with. Some adults seemingly can’t decide that after decades of being alive. Maybe if we dissect yet another turd the kernel will turn out to be a diamond and not corn? I realize of course explaining this to you is futility since you’re utterly retarded.
>>24916753Dharma, toughts?
>>24919666Pretty much. After a similar but shorter journey, I concluded that strong agnosticism derived from metaphysical skepticism derived from being an epistimological internalist is the answer that satifies me. The answer is forever unknowable, and thats enough for me to not waste time on it anymore.
>>24922409>uhhhmmmm spending a decade familiarising yourself with a field of human knowledge that has been in development for thousands of years is like, so uhmmm, unnecessary>how do I know that?>I just do>I haven't actually put any serious time and effort towards learning about the subject, much less actually actively trying to understand it>I just decided that I know the truth about it so using my brain would be unnecessary>you are also stupid if you actually do research for yourself>I am very intelligent and rational btwBy the way this may come as a shock to you but the study of fairytales ia in fact a scientific field called folklore studies, and if a retarded idiot layman like you was asked to lecture on the subject at a university you would make for a truly embarrassing sight. So even if we grant your sad and pathetic assumption that religions are fairy tales, you would still be completely unqualified to speak about any of them, be it in particular or in general.
>>24922976>how dare you compare my stinky turds to fairytales>btw fairytales are serious business that you should spend decades on to have an opinion aboutIf you didn’t spend decades reading them how would you know it’s a complex subject? Are you inferring something without expertise anon? Deary me. >this argument from authority will surely validate my stinky turd collection and obsessionI’m afraid you didn’t make a valid argument at all anon, and you basically conceded the uselessness of the field without bothering to find a single argument for why it’s worthwhile. You know why that is don’t you?Because you can’t. Nothing springs to your mind at all. But perhaps the next stinky turd has a gem in it? Gotta read on. Can’t make value judgements if you lack 15 years of reading the subject. It’s strange then why you didn’t spend these 15 years reading female asian diaspora literature. I mean how could you possibly know that’s not where the gems are hiding? You’re no expert after all. Nice try retard.
>>24923059>If you didn’t spend decades reading them how would you know it’s a complex subject? Are you inferring something without expertise anon? Deary me.Because I have a historical education and know about the massive efforts that went into folklore studies beginning in the 19th century as well as the significant and powerful effects these studies exerted on subsequent history. It actually takes very little research to confirm that there is a lot to learn in a field of study. The fact that you haven't even learnt that much demonstrates your own complacent imbecility.You might as well have stayed silent since your entire response is desperate flailing and trying to cover your burning ass.The facts: you know nothing, and you wish to dismiss what you do not know out of hand, and to feel smug about it. This makes you an irredeemable retard.>It’s strange then why you didn’t spend these 15 years reading female asian diaspora literature. I mean how could you possibly know that’s not where the gems are hiding? You’re no expert after all. Nice try retard.Want me to let you in on a secret? If you spend 15 years researching female Asian diaspora literature, you will, in fact, learn something. Most likely, you will learn a lot of things. You may say that that knowledge won't be very useful. But you will, in fact, know a ton about the sociocultural experience of Asian women and also about the concerns of women writers from that demographic. You will be able to comment, validate, or critique as you please, and in detail. Because you will know that field. I would never spend 15 years doing that kind of research because I do not care about immigrant and feminist literature. But if I did study it, I would be able to learn a lot about the object of study. That's how studying works - unless you are braindead.Theology has much more important implications about the world and human experience than feminist literature does, so really it's reasonable to say that it concerns everyone. If you don't care to learn about it and are content with your parochial mind, that's your decision. But acting smugly because you are ignorant about something is not going to do you any favours. I think if you spent two minutes you would probably be able to immediately compile a list of some things you would be able to learn after 15 years of research into religion. The fact that this hasn't occurred to you already shows how little effort you have put. You are lazy, complacent, and ignorant. If you still can't think of anything even now, try putting this prompt into an LLM and see what you get: "what kind of things would a person be able to learn after 15 years of intense research into religious studies?" See for yourself. Even the most soulless atheist hylic retard would have a vastly broadened intellectual vision after such research.
>>24916753Can you summarize your main insights?
>>24923116> It actually takes very little researchGood now you’re arguing with yourself. Hit yourself harder little monkey. > Want me to let you in on a secret? If you spend 15 years researching female Asian diaspora literature, you will, in fact, learn something. Most likely, you will learn a lot of things. You may say that that knowledge won't be very useful. But how could you know that? Or that it’s not very useful? Is it your amazing BA in history that allows access to all other realms of inquiry? > I would never spend 15 years doing that kind of research because I do not care about immigrant and feminist literature.So you made some arbitrary judgement of the field without 15 years of study? Go on, hit yourself again. > Theology has much more important implications about the world and human experience than feminist literature doesOh god you’re bleeding now buddy. You’ve contradicted yourself so much in the space of single paragraphs and a couple of posts it’s like your head is turned backwards. Do you know where you are?It’s amazing you had to write all that seethe without still making a single valid argument. Not only do you manage to double down on argument from authority you punch yourself using the very same premise as you invalidate it repeatedly. This is how you brag about being educated? You’re so clueless about what you’re saying you’re beating your own points up for me. You still haven’t presented a single valuable insight from all this reading by the way. I already explained why that is but doesn’t it just burn you up that you can’t articulate anything at all? All those years really were just wasted. If only you could have known, as you did with the feminist diaspora literature. Keep polishing that turd.
>>24922789Ah but don't you see, that is the answer. It is perfectly known: it is what it is. Trivial, really, which makes all the popular religious schizobabble and fake "philosophy" of Plato & others both incredibly sad and yet hilarious.
>>24923266>he thinks I'm a BA>he can't even parse full sentences (or rather pretends to be unable to)I can tell you're seething. Seethe more.
>>24917396What does it mean if he would or would not exist?
Depends. Are you a dumbass? If so, you're wasting your time. If not, can you summarize anything useful that you've learned?>>24923188Oh... apparently not.>>24922789Quitter.
>>24923280>It is perfectly known: it is what it isNot known; believed. Its not possible to know, and thus its a waste of time to pursue knowning.
