Literal interpretations of stories that are in conflict with modern understanding of the cosmos need to be dropped. The metaphors that myths are speak to a transcendent mystery that is timeless. The story of jesus and the buddha and the garden of eden are powerful and meaningful metaphors for modern life.
Literalist religion needs to get its fingers away from politics and science. What we need is a real religion that incorporates in the realities of our current understanding of the cosmos and offers a framework to support the human psyche.
There's a difference 
__________________
Vi veri veniversum vivus vici. (By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe)
The self is not a fixed entity but a dynamic process of relationships
You & I, no distinction. - Tat Tvam Asi
Become Who You Are |