change is the only constant
here's what the current time slice of the bio-temporal cobordism known as "me" is up to
i've had my second episode of disenchantment with christianity! this one was a lot more fun and enriching (and less traumatic) than my adolescent one. i don't have much impetus to actively cut away my connections with christian history and practice, but good lord i simply cannot deal with doxastic requirements in a religion
so what am i now? arguably, some kind of vaguely abrahamic zen buddhist! i still believe in a unital divinity at the core of all being, hell i still find a lot of aquinas's theological proofs relatively compelling, but i now relate to that divinity less like an agent wielding authority and more like an ecosystem in which i am embedded. i am far more interested in what is skillful than i am in what is sinful
what does this mean for theoptics? idk man, whatever happens ig! i might still have things to say on occasion, maybe especially as i allow myself to be more open to conversation with other abrahamic and dharmic traditions, but idk, if you wanna talk to me about god, let me have you over for dinner or mahjong sometime