MY TAKE ON RELIGION

In our present state, slaves as we are to myriad misconceptions, suppositions, prejudices, formulaic modes of thinking, rote and routine behaviors, etc., when we encounter holy Texts we react in one of two ways:

We:

1) Reject out-of-hand that which we have read, believing that we have comprehended that which we have read.

2) Accept what we read, believing that we have comprehended that which we have read, and go about the business of living according to our misconceptions.

Both of these, seemingly diametrically opposed, reactions have one thing in common: In both cases we do not realize that filled as we are with memes, misconceptions, propaganda and all sorts of physical poisons that reduce our ability to perceive and cognate we haven't begun to plumb the depths of what those Texts are really saying.

It is for this reason that I call for the development of a way of life that will release us from our bondage upon bondage.

Unlike most Anarchists, I am not an atheist.

On the contrary; I believe that only in an Anarchist condition will we be able to commune not only with one another, but with the Holy that resides within us but which we have been rendered incapable of accessing, except for fleeting moments and even that only to minimal intensity.

Only when we have become capable of communing with one another will we be able to really and truly commune with our Souls and develop healthy religions.

Doreen Ellen Bell-Dotan, Tzfat, Israel
DoreenDotan@gmail.com