[September 2001 journal entry]
‘Religion’ begins with and is anchored by the proposition/conviction that ‘God’ (as nuanced and understood within the ‘religious’ T/O paradigm) is. This ‘from above’ premise is not subject/ed to intellectual/existential doubt or radical examination within the ‘religious’ T/O sphere. All other subjects and questions (including consideration of human suffering) are approached from this ‘from above’ proposition/conviction. The ‘non-religious’ approach I am discovering begins with and is anchored instead by four propositions/convictions – i.e., (1) the human geist (the ‘more’ re human beings that cannot be accounted for by empirical analysis), (2) non-discriminating and unrestricted inquiry, (3) the limitations of human language re ‘God’ language, (4) the overwhelming depth and breadth of human suffering.
