The Book of Love

By the randomness that is the interwebs, i stumbled upon someone saying that Peter Gabriel's song "The book of love" instead being about Love in general - which was the meaning i took from it - could actually be literally about religious scripture. It does make sense:

 

I'm an Atheist (or rather an Anti-Theist), but I imagine this must be how people Feel about their holy books. Being the physical connection to the hidden, inner meaning of the universe. It is something to reach out to, when nothing else feels solid. Something you can trust always to be there, without ever changing, always true, always with something to get you calm again and point you to a better way.

I think this is an appeal to Religion that Atheists often don't consider. Mainly because once you actually read those books, it is all to obvious that it only works if you dont really read them and if you don't research to much into the "unchanging nature" of them. And even more importantly, the concept of "the one unchanging truth" is in it's core why religion is ultimately harmful. But I think I have an idea what people would have to give up, moving towards Philosophy.

 Instead of being the one thing you can relay on, it is the one thing that keeps slipping away. Instead of giving you pointers, philosophy nags about every thing you thought to be true without ever giving any answers. Life becomes an exercise of almost constant contemplation. And Yet, i prefer that recipe to happiness .. but don't ask me if it work .. i'm working on it.