I have no association with the clergy or organized religion in terms of belonging to anything. Many in the clergy would obviously not pass the test when it comes to being sexually pure and not doing creepy shit. If a culture of pedophilia has risen in a branch of people who claim to represent God, that’s an isolated pocket of corruption and has no bearing on the overall validity of the One truth. The One truth is so real, in fact, that even those who claim to represent it can fall out of line with it and be left in shambles. Serving as direct testimony of the result of falling out of line with the One truth. Ted Haggard, for instance. All humans are vulnerable to sin but the One truth is unstained by anyone’s experience with it. First there was the Truth, then there was You.
And here is one of the greatest dangers presented by monotheistic religions: Spiritual Pride. The belief that you alone possess the only truth.
With that belief, there can be no compromise and no doubts. All others are evil because your truth is the only good. And if all others are evil, then their ways must be ended and they must either be subjugated or purged.
That is the great history of the monotheistic religions. It begins with pride that lets you intimidate, silence, coerce, expel, and finally destroy anyone and anything that does not fit your truth.
I have no association with the clergy or organized religion in terms of belonging to anything. Many in the clergy would obviously not pass the test when it comes to being sexually pure and not doing creepy shit. If a culture of pedophilia has risen in a branch of people who claim to represent God, that’s an isolated pocket of corruption and has no bearing on the overall validity of the One truth. The One truth is so real, in fact, that even those who claim to represent it can fall out of line with it and be left in shambles. Serving as direct testimony of the result of falling out of line with the One truth. Ted Haggard, for instance. All humans are vulnerable to sin but the One truth is unstained by anyone’s experience with it. First there was the Truth, then there was You.
And here is one of the greatest dangers presented by monotheistic religions: Spiritual Pride. The belief that you alone possess the only truth.
With that belief, there can be no compromise and no doubts. All others are evil because your truth is the only good. And if all others are evil, then their ways must be ended and they must either be subjugated or purged.
That is the great history of the monotheistic religions. It begins with pride that lets you intimidate, silence, coerce, expel, and finally destroy anyone and anything that does not fit your truth.