The craving brings us here. I spoke of how we could be going here on. Why ? Because I've experienced the goodness of living so !
Do you find it disagreeable to you or simply radical, as you seem to imply ? On May 13, 11:58 am, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -
