What's Your Story: Narrative and the Trap of Truth by David Deyo

David Deyo shares thoughts about how most spiritual and religious traditions share a core set of principles and that what really distinguishes one from another is the narrative, or way the story of that tradition is told. Comments on the harm that religion is alleged to been responsible for in history and how the actual culprit is probably confusing narrative with truth and imagining that any one faith can be the only real truth. How the confusion between narrative and truth even appears in science which has more in common with religion than it appears. The willingness to own a measure of doubt in the truth of whatever religious narrative you embrace can liberate you from hostility toward others and make more coexistence possible. This vidoeo now available as an episode of David's tv show The Temporal Reverie.

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[chronalhouse]

I think for a great many people, that's true. The religions to which people are introduced tend to enter people's awareness in proportion to how widespread they are in the culture where they grow up. At the same time, people who were raised with a particular religion often reject it for a different one, a different version of one, or entirely. Christianity is the religion I was shown, from an early age, by my grandmother and the culture. But it's my religion now by my choice though evolved.

[MonsterRevival]

I think religion is like language. I speak English because I was born in America and not because I went to the language store and bought it. I think most people belong to a religion because its part of the culture of their country.

[artguy1951]

Bravo David! It's inspiring to see a logical mind delineate a philosophy that revels in the diversity of thoughts that give meaning to our lives. That appeals to the best in the human psyche and not to the fear that shrouds the vision of so many would be leaders.

Keep the faith and the logic.

Lots of love.

Jack Meacham