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If sacred doctrine, scripture, mythology, and indeed the concept of religion itself is subjected to the knife of science the entire point of it is missed. Deconstruction may be an interesting learning tool, but, like taking apart the remote control, the thing works better if you don't.

Couldn't agree more

So if one experiences such a mystical state, what boon will they bring back?

With all due respect Thomas, can you expand on the idea of Christ's two natures? I'd like to hear your own take on this. Christ's humanity and divinity is often the subject of dispute ( which always seemed silly to me). Not being Christian I often see things from a different vantage point, but...

There are two words here that can cause confusion I think: "necessary" and "dependent". Those two words carry with them an entire thought frame. Often, misunderstanding, like ACOT intimates, happens when different frames or modes of thinking collide. So, in my own view, for example, these two...

Well, if anyone could craft an argument like that it would be Thomas :)

I think that what most people forget is there really isn't "religion" as such. It, like all the things we argue about is a mental construct with which we play around and have our experience. One Christian is a Thomas Merton, another is like Fred Phelps. Nothing can exist without its opposite...

Agreed. People tend to use all kinds of things to avoid looking into the void :) Oddly, enough though, religion does serve the purpose of preparing one to do just that, to look beyond what you think you are and what the universe is about. In the ancient past, mythology served just that purpose...

Purpose and meaning are both very important aspects of our human experience, but the framework doesn't always apply. I think, personally, that if I had one question I could ask of the Universe, only nonsense would come out of my mouth. Why? Because in all reality, the Universe simply is. Asking...

Maybe asking what the purpose of of life is, is just the wrong question?