Simone Weil's weird take on religious belief

   Did you know that there is nothing stopping you from growing up mentally? At least that is what I had believed. I'm starting to doubt you can.  No, intelligent people do not believe "god" is an old man with long white hair and beard who lives in the clouds.  Yes, children and mentally retarded adults, and perhaps internet trolls, do believe that is a "literal" representation of god.  It is not a "literal" representation.  It is a "symbolic" representation often found in art which is often highly symbolic by its very nature.  That you are incapable of seeing the difference is the problem here.  Yes, some religious art is "revered" by Christians, but that in no way requires that they take it literally.  Do many of them take it literally? Yes, because they are children or mentally retarded adults.


   Food for thought.