Here's my answer to the God question:
The answer to the existence of God is outside of the realm of human knowledge (the externally verifiable kind). All spiritual and anti-spiritual dogma is unverified as there is no clear evidence for either side. To say it simply, it's purely a matter of belief and as such it is arbitrary. If you believe that you will reincarnate, that you will enter heaven, that you will just turn to dust, each is just a model, neither has any proof.
Quote:
Wavy Gravy once asked a Zen Roshi, "What happens after death?"
The Roshi replied, "I don't know."
Wavy protested, "But you're a Zen Master!"
"Yes," the Roshi admitted, "but I'm not a dead Zen Master."
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I think this is a fight over smoke and mirrors. It's all a matter of feelings and fantasy. That's why every religion calls for faith, not reason. Because spirituality is and as far as I can see will ever be a matter of faith.
If a spiritual model is real? I have no clue. But it can be useful for meditation and dealing with emotions. The problem begins when one takes one path too serious and confuses what can be shown with what one subjectively believes.
This can work just as well with the current scientific model (What's the diameter of an electron?), which is very ironic given the basic credo of science. Never forget that you invented your map of the world and never confuse it with the world itself.
