Don't look to the West for religion or philosophy. The West does not do religion well. (Or philosophy. The Greeks are not the West.)
Western European churches look to scripture for permission to believe in God.
Western European churches, even the Catholics, look to a book- a Book!- a thing in the material world!- for permission to believe!
While the Greeks and Ethiopians are turning to God to show why they believe in scripture- because scripture describes the God they know very well- the Europeans are turning to a book to prove God!
While the Greeks and Ethiopians are looking to God to be the source of their book, the Europeans are looking to their book to be the source of their God!
Stop looking for permission to believe and start looking for truth and wisdom!
Stop looking for legitamacy and start reading the book looking for wisdom!
Reading The Bible, reading Plato, reading the Koran, reading Lao-tzu, reading Buddhist texts inspired by The Buddha, reading Thomas Aquinus, anywhere you can find wisdom!
Stop looking for permission to believe and start looking for wisdom!
God loves you!
Sincerely,
David S. Annderson