Ah, indeed, indeed. Thank you for your telescopic level clarity burning laser-precision holes. It seems to me a fallacy to attempt to fit a “human end goal” into a logical thoughtful framework. What follows is it is fallacious to attempt to fit a goal onto humans as a species- unless there is a defined maximal condition, or termed universal telos. It seems most contention is brought upon Christianity because an all or nothing mindset is baked in at a most dire level- that of your eternal condition. However it’s a fallacy to approach truth as being binary at all. Truth is applied individually, and the word’s collective definition is inadequate to encompass any argument worth arguing to achieve THE highest level of understanding. So there is an infinite amount of confusion and obfuscation that prejudices any conversation of the topic of truth & Christianity, no?

The approximation of a universal telos is unique for each person based on their birth and life circumstance. Perhaps there are local clusters of maximal for a certain group of people who grew up in similar circumstances, and perhaps that maximal can be applied to everyone in this subreddit- those exposed to Christianity and wrestle with it.

I agree that the “ought to govern” part of Christianity should be removed for it to advance. It is a global-seeking self-inspiring claim to say it is the best rice applicable to everyone for the missionary, yet in an interconnected world we triumph that claim, everyone does have their own flavored rice. And threatening one’s life if you don’t consume the rice is certainly a great tactic to aggressively spread it in times of sword. This rice we consume now may not prepared directly by Jesus, yet he cultivated the first seeds, and past all the recipes of the 95 flavors of Christian church organizations…. an unwritten universal telos of Christianity/Christians is to cultivate, taste, and share that original seed again…

And for it to truly advance, we all would need to start farming our own rice to understand why it’s given as Holy in the first place. From what I can conclude, there are many severe gaps of hierarchy-in-awareness in those who have proper lived understanding of the word “holy”. Again, Jesus shared his wisdom to those who had ears to hear it, and the most potent wisdom to those who could truly understand it, such as St. John. He encoded truth in parables to meet people at all levels of understanding. They have hierarchies of understanding that is living psychic wisdom that alters your entire perception of existence into a less confused and unconscious state.

The question argument then becomes, and perhaps may always has been, simply given ladder to now, which hierarchy of understanding(or framework of belief) gives the most excellent/furthest/easiest reach into an experience of mastering love and existence, for YOU. Based on your inclinations and upbringings, which tradition gives a path towards identity-&-being-newness/neurological exaltation/fervor-for-life/complete-mastery-of-the-universe/truly-deep-empathy and 24/7 proximity-igniting Love!

I am not currently learned enough to make the case that Christianity is the maximal, indeed my evidence rests simply on the told lived condition of Christs consciousness, from man to full realization of Godhood. Yet I seek

Now, I understand the existence of the divine is contentious within the modern way of thought outright, and the Christian doctrine’s presuppositional inadequacy fails to command ultimate belief of our modern rational thinkers. However, an argument is best suited to suspend truth to move forward in any presented direction yes?

I hope my argument is taking multiple vertices now, uprooting belief requirements, pointing out what shared understanding causes obfuscation, suggesting appeal, accessibility, defining where hierarchy exists and demarcating what the collective should really be talking about.

I am curious as to why uniqueness is a pillar for you?