I would argue that @Whatifalthist finds no conflict between spirituality, god, a

I would argue that @Whatifalthist finds no conflict between spirituality, god, and truth. I believe, tho I am not certain, that his personal spiritual journey, combined with knowledge of so much human history, society, and religion, and his ability empathize with people in all those places and times, has given him an insight and intuition into spirituality(universal), god(general), and religion (particular) that finds value in context for all variations, and as such his concepts in each of these domains are something like the synthesis and distillation that separates the universal and general from the particular of dogma and scripture. Now, I call that science and truth for mind (reason, conscious), and religion and wisdom literature for the spirit (intuition, subconscious). And at the same time I do recognize that this is an achieved ‘harmony’ that requires a great deal of work and ability similar to that which our most disciplined faithful, and most disciplined empiricists have accomplished in history.

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(I’m the same by the way, though my ambitions are less personal, social and civilizational, and more economic, judicial, political, and geostrategic. Priests vs Kings and all that kind of division of labor. 😉 )

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