> truth will erode this false fabricated narrative.
ooh boy, that's a deep rabbit hole. I'm an atheist now, but I was raised in a deeply religious household (fundamentalist christian, family and entire social circle took the bible very seriously).
My experience is that everyone thinks they have the "truth", even though each sect's truth is mutually exclusive from all others (even though they all read from the same book). In addition I found that Jesus' teachings (mostly harmless, mostly obvious) didn't do much to "erode this false fabricated narrative", but rather layered over an additional set of narratives.
I never experienced any deeper insights than this despite a couple of decades worth of heavy indoctrination attempts.
I'm sure you mean well though, so I appreciate your comment.
Well, lets say, you dont minimize it, you standardize it.
Also christianity like all others martyrer religions (shia, judaism) has its benefits, as the usual mad inventor crowd in for some serious suffering before salvation, is part of the cultural accepted background.
Right, this is like how prayer works. Not by the intervention of a deity but by forcing you to think through what you want and why you want it, thereby helping to create the mental preconditions for going about getting it. "God helps those who help themselves" in other words.
> sounds interesting. Do you know of any suggested reading on the topic?
The Bible, there's no better. Jesus preaches and teaches truth, truth will erode this false fabricated narrative.