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well, i used logic to escape the "god trap". answering questions such as "why should i believe in this deity instead of different deity?" or "why would a supreme being require worship?" and "why would a tribe of ancient nomadic goatherders have more access to "God" than i do?" helped quite a bit.
i can't claim to know what "God" is but i do know what deities are. deities are cultural constructs, reflections of the collective ego of a society, a collective self agrandizement. and religion is a tool to keep individuals in that collective conformed and controled. Yahweh is a particularly nasty deity reflective of the harsh unforgiving desert environment in which the Hebrew culture arose. i'm so glad i managed to disappear him down the logic hole.
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