Qlip
Post Human Post
- Joined
- Jul 30, 2010
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- sp/sx
I am a Christian, an RC (I know some protestants dont believe them to be the same thing), but I have met a lot of people who share this view here, I dont know why that should actually be the case but its more complex I feel than being alienated from God as an authority principle or traditional associations or "bad religion", why do you feel this way?
I grew up in a Bible based authoritarian culture and ultimately rejected it. Mainstream Christians will agree with me that the Jehovah's Witnesses are not the answer. What they don't understand is that from neutral mind most religions look the same in spite of any claims of exclusivity.
For Christians supposedly the mark of truth is ultimately guided by the Holy Spirit, since it seems to require faith to recognize true Authority. This smacks to me of typical JW salesmanship. I've seen Holy Spirit in action. Holy Spirit is loneliness, it is the desire to belong to something, to be cared for. It's an act of irrational need.
In spite of my rejection of the exclusivity of Christianity I do believe in Good and believe that there is meaning in life, which for someone concerned about those things is not evident in a purely Materialistic universe. This gives me my syncretic leanings.