notes on the sublime - by Lilian Caylee - beauty and terror
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more questions than answers
At the beginning of the pandemic, I listened to a podcast episode that talked about godliness — specifically, that to be godly is to be unknowable. (I can’t seem to find it anywhere, so if you happen to know the one I’m referencing, please send it over!). It echoed the sentiment that “faith is not the progressive unearthing of God's nature but a recognition that he/she is fundamentally unknowable. The signpost points not to growing certainty but towards increasing non-knowing.” While resonant of agnosticism, the quality of ‘godliness’ was considered distinct from any faith or non-faith.…
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