I think what religion and politics have in common is that they become part of people's identity, and people can never have a fruitful argument about something that's part of their identity. By definition they're partisan.
Nice to read your thoughts.
Coming from a Hindu background- we were always told “we are Not believers like others , we are Seekers”
How to search , where to seek, whom to ask has always been the problem :)
I think that identity piece is very insightful. Maybe it was just a bit easier for me because of my training as an artist where you are taught that "your art is not you", meaning that you can accept critique of your work or performance without it being critique of yourself. Maybe because of that it was easier to apply that kind of dispassionate thinking to beliefs and worldviews.
I hadn't thought about this so clearly until I read your comment. Thank you.
Adam, appreciate you sharing this part of your journey and thinking! Wow, so much of it mirrors my own American evangelical experience. In 2021 I went through my own version of deconstruction and I'm still in the middle of a loosely held "reconstruction". Reading Thomas Merton, Rumi, and more recently Richard Rohr challenged what I thought was 100% true and they unleashed many questions, uncertainty, and the desire to see the world as it truly is (as much as is possible for me).
Your commitment to reason and your epistemology approach is refreshing. I also see more of why I resonate so much with your trading approach so much! You bring a grounded-ness and ability to operate very effectively in the middle of what you DON'T know.
I just happened to watch a nice interview of Bishop Barron on Tucker Carlson right before I read your post. I highly recommend it since it touches on a lot of the points that you have raised.
I'm 57 years old. I was born a Muslim, then became an atheist at age 18. Decades later, I met Christ and became His follower at age 42; Yet I still struggle with some of the questions you've raised. Could it be that this is the whole purpose of our existence in this physical realm, for our spirit to constantly seek after its true origin in the midst of all the noise and half truths? (Acts 17:27-28)
Religion is man's attempt to reach out to the Divine, but Jesus is the Divine's attempt to reach out to man.
Yes , quoting Paul graham -
I think what religion and politics have in common is that they become part of people's identity, and people can never have a fruitful argument about something that's part of their identity. By definition they're partisan.
Nice to read your thoughts.
Coming from a Hindu background- we were always told “we are Not believers like others , we are Seekers”
How to search , where to seek, whom to ask has always been the problem :)
I think that identity piece is very insightful. Maybe it was just a bit easier for me because of my training as an artist where you are taught that "your art is not you", meaning that you can accept critique of your work or performance without it being critique of yourself. Maybe because of that it was easier to apply that kind of dispassionate thinking to beliefs and worldviews.
I hadn't thought about this so clearly until I read your comment. Thank you.
Thought provoking and looking forward to following you.
happy and honored to have you reading!
Thank you Adam
Very thought provoking
I really appreciate the transparency
Can't wait for the next one
thank you. i'm as curious as you are to see how these posts unfold! :)
Really enjoying these Adam. Great stuff.
thank you :)
Adam, appreciate you sharing this part of your journey and thinking! Wow, so much of it mirrors my own American evangelical experience. In 2021 I went through my own version of deconstruction and I'm still in the middle of a loosely held "reconstruction". Reading Thomas Merton, Rumi, and more recently Richard Rohr challenged what I thought was 100% true and they unleashed many questions, uncertainty, and the desire to see the world as it truly is (as much as is possible for me).
Your commitment to reason and your epistemology approach is refreshing. I also see more of why I resonate so much with your trading approach so much! You bring a grounded-ness and ability to operate very effectively in the middle of what you DON'T know.
Thank you for sharing.
Micah M.
I just happened to watch a nice interview of Bishop Barron on Tucker Carlson right before I read your post. I highly recommend it since it touches on a lot of the points that you have raised.
I'm 57 years old. I was born a Muslim, then became an atheist at age 18. Decades later, I met Christ and became His follower at age 42; Yet I still struggle with some of the questions you've raised. Could it be that this is the whole purpose of our existence in this physical realm, for our spirit to constantly seek after its true origin in the midst of all the noise and half truths? (Acts 17:27-28)
Religion is man's attempt to reach out to the Divine, but Jesus is the Divine's attempt to reach out to man.