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Originally Posted by Christendom
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I'm a little torn on whether I will continue to keep Hermeticism reserved for my shaman, or if it would be better applied to a monk. Catholicism is surely a warrior though.
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I feel like warriors are more pure than soldiers. Who are more pure than pure fanatics and zealots or crusaders.
Can we truly judge Catholicism so harshly though? It elevated and enlightened my grandmother and mothers mother. Though there was great pain in it. It was perhaps not the most gentle means of enlightenment. It will perhaps one day pass on and we will be blessed by a better Christendom. I know we are in a state of transition away from Catholicism towards a more new age gospel. Until then, we seem to be beholden still to the ideas in the old testament and the literal interpretation of our modern language. Fundamentally Christ has been a good influence in my life through the Mormon church.
But so has Bhudda, and the Hindu deities, as well as man human philosophers and scientists who in turn were guided by their own beliefs and religious experiences. If something good comes from all this it is that I hope to stop killing myself out of fear for others safety. Because I am a genuinely good person in Christs image, though flawed I am. I don't know. I am rambling. I don't even want to make these posts. I feel like it though. I am afraid I will get in trouble for expressing myself. There is a lot of love and goodness in the universe. The kind people who took care of me while I had COVID19 in the hospital were generous of heart and I believe most acted out of love, even if they work for a misguided and corrupt organization.
It's hard to know what to believe anymore, I just have to keep faith in Christ and myself and hope we come out through this and the next person my soul and spirit inhabits is blessed by my desire for a good life in this one.