A deeper understanding of religion.

[Majed]

‎Religion is mythology, where when taken literally hold wisdom, if lived in accordance with it.
‎I am not just saying it's mythology therefore it isn't literally true. I am saying there's no difference between what's mythological and what's literally true. This is how deep this gets.
‎Atheists are wrong in that the Quran or the bible aren't just books. They are the books which shape perception according to which environment and culture you grew up in. Literally you see the table because of the bible. This is how deep this gets. If there weren't the bible you wouldn't see the table, you would see something totally different. Which is why religious people seem crazy to atheists when they talk about God, angels, demons, prophets, miracles... Those are the patterns of collective perception within a given culture.
‎Science is also a mythological story within a certain culture. Atheism and the enlightenment emerged because of the bible. Because the bible had such an emphasis on speaking the truth and valuing the truth, which facilitated the development of the scientific method and reasoning.
‎Science is also a mythological story that shapes perception, that has replaced or supplemented christianity.
‎In a sense the bible is more alive and important than human lives, because in it contains the lives of all the people who identify with it: christians.
‎That's why people kill over these doctrines.
‎The bible is a history book, it is more accrurate for christians than a scientific history book, because it contains the minds and lives of billions of people which are christian. That why it is called the word of God, and that why it is sacred.

[Cred]

Your intuition is correct. What you are describing is the depth of the symbol. This depth comes from the fact that the symbol is the product of the parallel processing of billions of bits of information of billions of people through time.

The symbol has infinite depth, infinite meaning and infinite information. This is why mythology is so powerful.

It this post, I went into more detail. Check it out: 

 

[Majed]

The lgbtq+ movement is a satanic movement. 
It's trying to erase the natural order of God's creation, and leads us into chaos.

That's how a literalist christian would interpret the lgbtq+ movement. 
And he isn't wrong if you understand that christianity is the mythology which creates order out of infinite chaos for human life to prosper. Homosexuality being a sin because it destabilizes culture and leads to its destruction. In this sense it is satanic. Because it undermines the traditional family unit, and without strong family ties, the human race can't survive.
Plus if we get too lose with sexuality what's preventing people from experimenting with pedophilia or zoophilia ? 
You understand now why christians call that stuff sinful and satanic.

[Cred]

No. There are plenty of hetero, nuclear family, conservative types who don't give a shit about lgbtq and leave them alone.

Most lgbtq hate originates from closeted lgbtq people. If you are a lgbtq conservative, you have sacrificed a huge chunk of your wellbeing to conservative ideals.

If you were to accept lgbtq, you would need to admit that there was always a better alternative for you. But in order to do that, you would also have to admit that all your sacrifices were for nothing. If you were to do that, your whole concept of self would collapse in on itself which would lead to schizophrenia.

When they say that lgbtq people are satanic, they are projecting. All lgbtq people do is living true to themselves. This authentic life is what their god is opposed to, which is why that god is really satan (the demagogue in gnostic teachings).