ok Bob, I was raised a catholic, attended catholic school thru 2nd grade, and was brainwashed with the typical guilt trips. It wasn't all bad though, I was taught self-discipline and respect for others. On balance, I could have been brought up worse. When I was 19 yrs I read the bible cover-to-cover.
On Aug 3, 6:19 am, Bob1357 <[email protected]> wrote: > Painfully conditioned to be Protestant (Christian). > From the Latin protestari meaning publicly declare/protest. > Mainly protesting Roman Catholic orthodoxy. > We don't like your church rules so we are going to start are own > church and create rules that "suit us" you know, rules that we can > follow that don't burden our everyday lives. > Rules that might get us to God with the least resistance. > Were going to scream hell fire into our children s ears until they > bleed. > The concept of burning in hell will be so deep seeded that they will > listen and obey to all of our rules throughout their entire adulthood. > Now to finance all this ----- oh here ----- 10% ------ Yes 10% of all > income should be given to the church. > You know it's a sin to be greedy. > Remember hell? > > Huh? ....wha? ........I blacked out ........what happened? > > On Aug 3, 6:50 am, Marcus <[email protected]> wrote: > > > . > > > Present Opinion .......... > > > Born a Christian but now see ugliness and beauty in all religions. > > Dogma is power, power is corruption, ultimate powered is ultimate > > corruption. In this, business and religion are the same. > > > My religion is now. My temple is here. > > Circumstance dictates therefore, circumstance is God. > > > “I am” convinced that this is the true metaphorical message of all > > the great enlightened masters, throughout all of our history. From > > the beginning of humans. > > > There is only God (what ever name you prefer) ………………………….. no other. > > > . > > > On Aug 3, 12:09 pm, roomsearching <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Just to remind you that Advaita is a part of Hindu religion. > > > > But to be honest, everybody follows his own religion because no two > > > people's > > > minds are the same. > > > > On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 10:04 AM, Mark Ty-Wharton > > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > Here we all are, from different countries, discussing spirituality. > > > > > And I am wondering... > > > > > What Religion were you brought up with? > > > > > What do you believe now? > > > > > Sent from an iPhone- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -
