I didn’t say I’m a very good one. My problem is, I can’t let go of theology and sociology of religion.
Edit - a less flippant answer would be to say that the words are not the reality. If you believe that only experience is the true guide to how things are, however, you run into Sweeney’s problem: “I gotta use words when I’m talking to you.” Especially on the WWW. And the way to try to persuade people that the fixed grounds of their belief are in fact illusory, when those people are invested in a culture based on books which are regarded as sacred, is to be able to manipulate those words in the same sphere of discourse that they inhabit.
I gave up trying to persuade people years ago, but old habits die very hard.
