The Language of Faith

The Bible, Quran, Vedas, and all the other holy books are enshrined by many of us in the innermost part of our heart and beliefs. There are those who would even kill ‘heathens’, if they dare to blaspheme their divine scriptures.

But why would you kill for “the word of God”, when these words never did and never will represent the truth of God? Language is subjective and a necessary withdrawal from reality, since the finite human needs to simplify the complexity of being in order to convey what he perceives.

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* picture by Rubber Bullets
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