/lit/ - Literature

>>15865979

I suggest reading Orgin and Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite.

As for what follows, I dont see how this should make you doubt Christianity, the church fathers have long held that it was possible for pagans to reach an understanding of God and to be counted as virtuous and deserving of God's mercy. For example Plato & Aristotle, Pope Gregory the Great prayed for Trajan, Thecla prayed for Falconilla. Plato & Aristotle for their intellectual rigour which was seen as prefiguring Christianity, Trajan because he was seen as the Optimus Princeps, a fair & just ruler in-spite of his persecutions of Christians and Thecla was merely friends with Falconilla mother.

The fact of the Matter is that GOD is a universal truth which all men can reach via contemplation, Christianity may have an easier time of reaching the truth because of the direct connection with God via apostolic succession but that doesn't deprive peoples of other faiths from contemplating the universe and coming to know God, even in a less complete way.