Alan Watts tells this story: Some years ago, I had just given a talk on television in Canada. When one of the announcers came up to me and said, “You know, if one can believe that this universe is in charge of an intelligent and beneficent God, don’t you think he would naturally have provided […]
Like many people, I once approached the Bible as a sacred monolith—divinely inspired, infallible, and beyond critique. But after decades of study, I’ve had to reassess that relationship. We need to approach it differently. Instead of assuming it’s the perfect Word of God, we should read it as a collection of human writings—fallible, complex, and
1. Rejects “One Way” Dogma Zentheism is controversial, first and foremost, because it doesn’t claim to be the only way. It doesn’t assert that Christianity, Buddhism, or any other religion holds exclusive truth. We believe the mountain is one, but the paths up the mountain are many. We learn from all, but cling to none.
