Have you ever considered making a new religion that would not use a metaphoric, symbolic language?

Question

This is my eighteenth question in my now legendary crusade.

If the Bible is in fact a Book that is rich in Metaphor and Symbolism, then it is true that the past two thousand years have been filled with instances in which bad, bad things have happened because of misunderstandings and misinterpretations.

If you feel that this is the case, have you ever considered making a new Bible, calling it whatever you wanted, and writing it in plain English or Spanish or whatever it is you speak so that the entire world can see the glorious blessing you see when you read the Bible without stubbing their proverbial toe on a metaphoric reference that they may never decypher??

Huh. Dogma. I don't even know what that means.

Answer 1

No religion was meant to be a world religion. With the possible exception of Scientology and any other religions made within the past 100 years, all religions were made by tribes of people that had had limited access to the outside world and no desire to mingle. Religions use symbolic references and metaphors that are popular to their people. They never expect their beliefs to be adopted by outsiders. This includes the Bible, a religious work that was clearly meant to be a Jews Only religion. Now in this modern era, people are trying to satisfy a global identity (Scientology and the New Aged Arts) with minimal usage of local symbolics and other ethnic elements that would only serve to limit their client base..... and their profits!

Answer 2

Language by its very nature is metaphorical to an extreme degree. Any time you speak about something which isn't concrete, you can't escape having to use metaphors, even in a science textbook. Sometimes metaphors get "fossilized" so that we don't even recognize them as metaphors anymore, but that's still what they are. If you tell somebody "I see your point," you don't really mean that a sharp object has just come into your visual field. But there might come a day, when that expression has gone out of use, that people might indeed think that's exactly what you meant. If you say instead "I grasp the idea," you're no better off, because you don't really mean that your mind has hands or that an idea could be held in them. Even to use the word "comprehend" is only using a fossilized metaphor, because you don't literally mean that you're wrapping yourself around the idea. You can make language duller, but never a bit less metaphorical. Might as well get used to that fact.

Answer 3

It's obvious that you don't understand WHY much of the Bible was written metaphorically. I'll just offer one example. John the Revelator was exiled to Patmos for the "crime" of preaching Christianity. He made a point of saying early on that "I, John, was in the SPIRIT on the Lord's day. And an angel appeared unto me and said,'Write everything that you SEE and HEAR for these things are tue and faithful.'" John was a man living less than one century after Christ was crucified and was asked to write about things he would see and hear that his mind couldn't begin to comprehend such as atomic bombs, tanks, airplanes, large numbers of people etc. The symbols he used served a dual purpose. First, they allowed the Word to survive until the generation in which the knowledge would be given to enable it to be interpreted would be available Second, once it was released to the early Church, it allowed it to be taught in a manner only a true believer could unnderstand, knowing that their genereations wouldn't live to see the fulfillment of the Scriptures, yet maintain the importance of the Word's survival. It would've also been seen as a book of sedition and heresy by the early governments as an attempt to roil up the Church in a discerned attempt to overthrow the governments, so it was protected by the same symbolism to make unlearned, unfaithful, and incapable people from being able to dedicate enough energy to destroy it before it could be revealed and fulfilled in man's eyes. It only takes a willing heart and open mind to begin to understand some of these symbols. I'm no expert, but I try with a lot of help from learned men, and my own research and prayers to God for understanding. There's no need for me or anyone else to attempt to recreate it for the Scripture says, "the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away; blessed be the name of the Lord." Since we all have to give an account of what we've done with the knowledge God has imparted to us, it stands to reason that we should "study to show yourself approved unto God, a workman NEEDETH NOT BE ASHAMED, RIGHTLY DIVIDING THE WORD OF TRUTH."

Answer 4

If you want "religion" without dogma and hypocrisy there are many out there. Buddhism for one.

Answer 5

Yeah, but I don't know how to brainwash people to believe everything I say. Yet.

Answer 6

I think it is already done Nondenomination

Answer 7

GOD
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