As I said. If I ever leave Orthodoxy the only option left is atheism or something thereabout.
Why is that the only option?
Oh, and by the way, lest you think that I believe there's something bad about changing one's mind; changing one's mind in the light of subsequent/later/better
evidence is a strength. It shows a flexibility of mind, a willingness to be open-minded and to be persuaded by the strength of evidence which is fluid and malleable and in keeping with a constantly changing universe as we can best understand it by the best, that's to say, the most demonstrably and consistently reliable methods we have at our disposal.
The key word here, though, is
evidence, which is why I italicised it. Merely going from one authoritarian and dogmatic belief system to another (and with minor, superficial differences at that) isn't changing one's mind in the light of better evidence because there's no evidence in play. It's simply swapping one authority that claims to do your thinking and believing on your behalf for another authority that claims to do your thnking and believing on your behalf. It might be religious, it might be political, but that way leads on to nightmares. No need to guess about this; there's no mystery here; we've seen it time and time and time again.
