I think humans crave rituals and controls whether in religion, military, government, business and so on and would feel rather lost without them. Or would all the spiritual hermits twitter?
On May 13, 1:43 am, vamadevananda <[email protected]> wrote: > Religion, as an organised and institutionalised entity, has no place > in 21st Century ! > > However, religion as an idea, a practice or way of life, could be in > the public domain, as an option ... leaving the rest up to the > individual ... if, whether, what and the how of it. For which, all > freedoms and responsibility should rest with the individual. There > could be churches or mosques or temples, even priests. But no > organised hierarchy, no back seat drivers, no accumulation of wealth, > money or power. No flock. No shepherd. No calling of faithfuls. > > On May 13, 5:57 am, Ash <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > When it's 'cult' leaders people scream for blood. Nevermind, mixed > > [symbols]... > > > Anyways, I was thinking they should let the nuns be with the priests, > > keeping things all in the church but theres the contradiction of > > 'natural law' and sex. And again, abuse of authority. Can this be > > salvaged? I'm not too sure, perhaps they should just enter the 21st > > century like the one in Contact who said, 'You could call me a man of > > the cloth. Without the cloth.' > > > On 5/12/2010 9:55 AM, vamadevananda wrote: > > > > Indeed ! > > > > On May 12, 5:48 pm, Pat<[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> On 11 May, 21:44, ornamentalmind<[email protected]> wrote: > > > >>>http://www.bishop-accountability.org/ > > >>> All neatly documented.... > > > >> I wonder how many of 'the accused' had actually paid for indulgences. > > >> If they did, then 'the Vicar of Christ' has approved their actions by > > >> turning the other cheek, i.e., turning his face away. Surely, it's > > >> time to impeach the Pope. You'll KNOW it's true, if the New > > >> Benedictine Authorised Version has the quote "Come onto me, ye little > > >> children" in it. Yeah, OK, I may have churned a few stomachs with > > >> that, but, hey, anything goes when you proclaim yourself 'Vicar of > > >> Christ'. It's time to lose that office and face the fact that no one > > >> can proclaim to be, via creed, 'God incarnate in stead'. It's a title > > >> that gives FAR too much license; so the result is licentiousness. > > >> What else would you expect?- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
