/lit/ - Literature

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>>22903701
Good posts.
I would say one thing though, I distrust commentaries on the suttas as well, though not to the same extent as I do Mahayana literature. I see no reason why I should consider Abhidhamma literature to be representative of the Buddha's teachings, instead I would rather rely on the Suttapitaka, on my own practice, and on the Dhamma talks of accomplished monks.

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>>19686263
Christianity is incoherent and frankly just obviously and intuitively false to anyone who hasn't been raised in it. There's nothing about it that resonates as a genuine spiritual truth, since my childhood and up to now the Christian dogma has left me indifferent because of how jarringly mundane it is. It has always just felt like a made-up or at least significantly doctored story about desert people and their mundane, uninteresting idea of divinity. There are some interesting things here and there, like in John (which is just rebranded Platonism) or in the Psalms but the religion as a whole just does absolutely nothing for me. It strikes me as complete bullshit from start to finish.
I just can't seem to entertain the idea that the entirety of existence, the full scope of possibilities in this reality and all others, can be summed up by the story of a few quarreling middle-eastern tribes. It seems so ridiculous and petty, especially when compared to other takes from other religions, or even the fucking 30 minute schizo video from the OP. Even that has a more complete and compelling lore than the Bible.
Non-abrahamic metaphysical systems touch upon something genuine and deep. Christianity doesn't.