>>119916651>what's odd is pretending like Jesus was just a good moral teacherThat is odd, because he wasn't.
>instead of bringing salvation to the world.He wasn't that either.
OP, I get you, but there's an answer. When you're eight, even if you're Lisa (and specially if you're Lisa before being the cuntiest radical lefty) you go to church with your family because that's a thing you do, and you keep subdivisions of thought. You question, but your questions rest in confortable mental places, as you assume things like:
-It's okay to believe even nonsense, if those beliefs don't impact real life negatively.
-Most people here understand the nonsense parts are symbolic.
-All smart people understand the nonsense parts are symbolic.
And then, something happens in the real world that shakes that order: mom is smart, smart people don't believe in literal angels, mom believes in literal angels. Something there needs to be resolved.
And as you work it out, you start to actually question your own beliefs, your own faith, the subdivisions you keep in your mind are no longer working because they were placed before reality and their perfectly comfortable, platonic deliniations are a flawed map to navegate the world. And so models change.
Cognitive disonance is a real thing.
