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Religion

Bretton Garcia

(970 posts)

3. I studied dozens. But left them all behind.

Reply to guillaumeb (Reply #2)

Wed Apr 17, 2019, 04:02 PM

Apr 2019

Even the best of them still have subtle, hidden, residual ties to dozens of forms of abuse. And in fact, you can't really extricate the "good" from the bad elements inside the religions.

Even "spirituality" links to all kinds of abuse; like sado masochism, and escapism, in the "mortification of the flesh," and "hate" for the whole material "world. "

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For millennials, mysticism shows a path to their home faiths [View all] guillaumeb Apr 2019 OP

Part of a cycle zipplewrath Apr 2019 #1

Possible. guillaumeb Apr 2019 #2

I studied dozens. But left them all behind. Bretton Garcia Apr 2019 #3

The actual spiritualist movement from the last half of the 19th century Voltaire2 Apr 2019 #5

Which is no different than religion Major Nikon Apr 2019 #7

Kenneth Copeland and his $6 million dollar Gulfstream V.. Permanut Apr 2019 #9

I agree. But maybe some here would like a post on this? Bretton Garcia Apr 2019 #10

Shades of Madame Blavatsky! MineralMan Apr 2019 #11

And if that path works for you, guillaumeb Apr 2019 #6

Yes. Many of us have. MineralMan Apr 2019 #4

Oh, absolutely. Act_of_Reparation Apr 2019 #8