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Recieved: 1999/09/26 07:43
Subject: [K-list] Re: kundalini-digest V1 #370
From: Jeanne Garner
On 1999/09/26 07:43, Jeanne Garner posted thus to the K-list:
At 04:19 AM 9/26/99 -0600, you wrote:
>Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 13:25:29 EDT
>From: PokimontazATnospamaol.com
>Subject: Re: [K-list] Son of Man...Son of God?
>
>I personally do not practice any form of organized religion. I find it
quite
>ironic that specific religions which praise themselves on the priniples of
>nonjudgement and peace find the need in others' conversion (especially
>through violent means). Fairly hypocritical "Don't judge we are all of
>God's children but....gay people are bad and they will go to hell." Nope no
>judgement there eh? "there is only one God...polytheism (right word? i
think
>so) is then bad....because WE say so." He loves everyone...but if you
doubt
>Him you end up in Hell? Sure. I'm sure that there are good intention in
>each religion (peace, justification and eternal, unconditional love...what
>mortal being wouldn't be pleased to believe that there is a Savor after
death
>and that when all apparent earthly evil subsides they reside in a Heaven of
>sorts?) but religion is based on a specified faith which is then dictated
>through the ever-impressionable human mind to other impressionalable minds.
Religion is just spirituality once its been politicized and "organized."
It's seldom ever practiced the way the original Teacher taught it, cause
the leadership has to apply controls. I used to give them the benefit of
the doubt and blame it on differences of translation. Some of it, I'm
sure, is. Most of it, though, is not so innocent.
If you look to the core, the heart, of any religion, you'll see a lot of
truth and wisdom--and a lot of teachings that are the same. But attend a
service, or read the books, and you've gotten away from those simple
truths. The original teachings get embellished with the author's opinions,
and if a religion is increasing in size, the leaders change the teachings
to form a better power base. Religion, faith--really, these are SO
powerful, and such an easy way to control the populace. That's why, in
some countries, religion and the state are one and the same.
Jeanne
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