vimothy
yurp
I'm just describing religion as I understand it. I think it is the case that in some religions, and/or schools thereof, ideas about Deity and other tenets are intended to be regarded as essentially metaphorical. That isn't to say that they're not taken seriously or based on strong traditions of spiritual enquiry. And I think that these can address some aspects of existence and being more successfully and pragmatically than science can in it's present state.
Out of time for today, but just want to say that it's only possible to say this (IMHO) if you've gone beyond religion into atheism and come out at the other side aware that reality is constructed, and constructed by 'man', not God.