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I now identify as a Genius.
My pronouns are Superior, crazy and deluded.....
Thank you for the link Isaac it has been the most helpful.Persecution was always coming, but only a few saw the method by which it would come early on.
I agree,I always had a problem with the hierarchical structure of the vicars priests and the like.
Let the credulous and the vulgar continue to believe that all mental woes can be cured by a daily application of old Greek myths to their private parts. I really do not care.
Thank you for the link Isaac it has been the most helpful.
I have a sister who is very religious. I told her about the automatically written book titled "a course in miracles" and suggested it might be something she would like to read.
She got back to me and said that she had mentioned the book to her curate who said he had investigated and decided it wasn't biblical and for that reason advised her to ignore it.
For some reason whilst I was reading the link you posted, it dawned on me that I was reading a manifesto of an ideology.
I realised that my sister hadn't done any thinking on her own she had gone to her curate and her curate has done the thinking for her. This is the hallmark of an ideologically driven group.
And then that link you provided, I had a similar feeling about what I was reading it was ideological.
I mention this because although I believe in God I always had a problem with the hierarchical structure of the vicars priests and the like.
It is an ideology that prevents normal people from having their own ideas and investigations into situations.
NO FAIR!!!!! That's MY pronounWhich was 'your majesty '.
My "separation" from the church started long before I made my confirmation. I was always a voracious reader and was reading adult novels (curated to reduce sex and violence by my 5th grade teacher although this was much less of a problem in the 50's) and I was always disturbed at being discouraged from reading the bible, especially the Old Testament. They insisted I stick to the prescribed curriculum.Their viewpoint has long been that Man cannot commune with God unless a member of the church hierarchy is there to guide them
I agree with your first sentence, although even the second sentence goes too far, as catechism does teach one's ability to pray individually, and then some.
Yes, Roman Catholicism definitely entrenched a never-ending set of rituals that was never called for, which although defensible by those who see them as simply guides or symbolic of heart-action, yet, human nature struggles to avoid turning a Memorial into an Idol.
Anyway, there are definitely Catholics out there who have a personal relationship with Christ, but I'm glad the Reformation happened!
IMO it wasn't really a reformation, as much as a "returning"
To keep this thread on topic, I wondered: how many trans people would it take to change a light bulb?how many psychiatrists does it take to change a light bulb?