That's a shocker, too. It seems like the churches just flipped over their murals and suddenly announced they are the official houses of Lucifer. Without skipping a beat. All rainbow flags and female ministers and it's all the new normal. Like it was always the case.
The lukewarm churches Christ talks about. All around us. None of them are preparing us for what is coming. They donтАЩt even see it or are ignoring it. They should be helping us to Put on the Armor of God. WeтАЩre going to need it.
Found something interesting, actually appalling when I searched Satanism in Canada...they do have a satanic temple....on Instagram saw a post from thesatanictemple TST Health and THE Samuel Alitos Mom's Satanic abortion Clinic provide free religious telehealth medication abortion......I do not know much at this point but it sure needs investigation by a curious substacker.
Amen, Heidi. I agree. My brain is simply not wired to be religious or get sucked into it. We were brought up in Christianity but for some reason when I was little I REFUSED baptism and was never baptized. I always felt out of place at church and amongst тАЬbelieversтАЭ. It never sat right with me and I had the same experiences and thoughts that you mentioned here. Ive fucked up a lot in my life and made a mess of everything several times and hurt a lot of people both accidentally and intentionally. But. At the end of the day, IтАЩm a good person. IтАЩve learned how to forgive myself and learn from my mistakes, and think before I act. I try to be compassionate and open-minded rather than reactive and judgmental. I believe in many general principles laid out in the Bible and other holy texts that pre-date it, and try to live in truth and light and awe of creation. DonтАЩt drink, donтАЩt smoke anything at all, eat organic wholesome foods and mostly meat (grassfed beef and goat etc- ruminants- are the most nutritious and environmentally friendly things to eat, so.. easy choice there), try to support only small farms and business, trying to extricate myself from my relationship with my bank, try to be as self-reliant as possible, believe in goodwill and helping the less fortunate, I thrift shop rather than buy retail, I value family and blood over all else, thou shall not commit adultery (in any way, many facets of life that deception can arise), and am wide awake on just about every issue. You can be a good person and make a difference and value truth and the essence of human decency without being religious. I hope my children grow up the same way. With a reverence for nature and creation and humanity but also a desire to do good and be good and fight for the truth. To live by principles and walk the walk, not jus talk the talk as so many religious folk seem to do, sadly.
Very well said! If you haven't yet, I suggest to study Nietzsche, you will find some answers about why all these religions are necessarily hypocritical and self-defeating in the long term. (Do not believe the bullshitters and deliberate misinterpretations, read it yourself.)
I know some decent Catholics though, but they all cut ties from the treasonous church recently.
Makes me happy, that I managed to spark some interest! I have some advice/ disclaimer though: Nietzsche writes in very different style than most philosophers. He often uses ancient styles of writing.
It's easy to misinterpret him. Like it's popularly attributed to him, that he declared: "God is dead." He never actually said that himself, only some of his characters said it like "The Madman" and Zarathustra, it does not necessarily mean that Nietzsche thinks they are right.
For the first time it can be also be very off-putting what he says about women, in short: women are "shallow", because they "live on the surface", but bear with him, because he well explain later, why he thinks women actually understand the real world better than men.
Nietzsche is not for everybody. I personally don't agree everything he said, but it's amazing how much ahead he was of his time. He has basically accurately deduced the sociopolitical "developments" of the 20th century and beyond.
I think the book "On the Genealogy of Morality" contains his most straightforward analysis of religion. He really digs deep there.
I'm an amateur student of philosophy, read almost everything that's worth reading, and I think after Aristotle, Nietzsche has the most interesting things to say.
He also a prime example of someone who "walked the walk", he lived by his philosophy and accepted the consequences.
Oh and by the way, he was not a nazi or a "proto-nazi", the exact opposite, he hated the state, and collectivist ideologies.
I'm happy to share my thoughts, and I also not claim, that I have the correct interpretations of Nietzsche. Sometimes his "protagonists" (intentionally) contradict themselves, which can be interpreted multiple ways.
His analysis of religion is one of the things that is more direct. What he does, is that he digs up the human psychology about God and morality, it is very different than what I expected when I read it first. Nothing like the Marxist platitudes like: "Religion is the opium of the people." Though he is even less gentle in critiquing Christianity and Judaism.
So he has no prescription about God and religion, but the way he analyzes them is very unique and thought provoking. I cannot really summarize it well in a comment.
One interesting thing is that he thought that ancient people, like the Greeks had a more correct understanding of God(s) and morality, which I tend to agree more as I research the topic.
Where is the outrage of the church and religious condemnation on this evil?
Very good question. Where are the churches? They seem to be blind to evil these days. Why I left mine.
That's a shocker, too. It seems like the churches just flipped over their murals and suddenly announced they are the official houses of Lucifer. Without skipping a beat. All rainbow flags and female ministers and it's all the new normal. Like it was always the case.
The lukewarm churches Christ talks about. All around us. None of them are preparing us for what is coming. They donтАЩt even see it or are ignoring it. They should be helping us to Put on the Armor of God. WeтАЩre going to need it.
Found something interesting, actually appalling when I searched Satanism in Canada...they do have a satanic temple....on Instagram saw a post from thesatanictemple TST Health and THE Samuel Alitos Mom's Satanic abortion Clinic provide free religious telehealth medication abortion......I do not know much at this point but it sure needs investigation by a curious substacker.
Amen, Heidi. I agree. My brain is simply not wired to be religious or get sucked into it. We were brought up in Christianity but for some reason when I was little I REFUSED baptism and was never baptized. I always felt out of place at church and amongst тАЬbelieversтАЭ. It never sat right with me and I had the same experiences and thoughts that you mentioned here. Ive fucked up a lot in my life and made a mess of everything several times and hurt a lot of people both accidentally and intentionally. But. At the end of the day, IтАЩm a good person. IтАЩve learned how to forgive myself and learn from my mistakes, and think before I act. I try to be compassionate and open-minded rather than reactive and judgmental. I believe in many general principles laid out in the Bible and other holy texts that pre-date it, and try to live in truth and light and awe of creation. DonтАЩt drink, donтАЩt smoke anything at all, eat organic wholesome foods and mostly meat (grassfed beef and goat etc- ruminants- are the most nutritious and environmentally friendly things to eat, so.. easy choice there), try to support only small farms and business, trying to extricate myself from my relationship with my bank, try to be as self-reliant as possible, believe in goodwill and helping the less fortunate, I thrift shop rather than buy retail, I value family and blood over all else, thou shall not commit adultery (in any way, many facets of life that deception can arise), and am wide awake on just about every issue. You can be a good person and make a difference and value truth and the essence of human decency without being religious. I hope my children grow up the same way. With a reverence for nature and creation and humanity but also a desire to do good and be good and fight for the truth. To live by principles and walk the walk, not jus talk the talk as so many religious folk seem to do, sadly.
Very well said! If you haven't yet, I suggest to study Nietzsche, you will find some answers about why all these religions are necessarily hypocritical and self-defeating in the long term. (Do not believe the bullshitters and deliberate misinterpretations, read it yourself.)
I know some decent Catholics though, but they all cut ties from the treasonous church recently.
Makes me happy, that I managed to spark some interest! I have some advice/ disclaimer though: Nietzsche writes in very different style than most philosophers. He often uses ancient styles of writing.
It's easy to misinterpret him. Like it's popularly attributed to him, that he declared: "God is dead." He never actually said that himself, only some of his characters said it like "The Madman" and Zarathustra, it does not necessarily mean that Nietzsche thinks they are right.
For the first time it can be also be very off-putting what he says about women, in short: women are "shallow", because they "live on the surface", but bear with him, because he well explain later, why he thinks women actually understand the real world better than men.
Nietzsche is not for everybody. I personally don't agree everything he said, but it's amazing how much ahead he was of his time. He has basically accurately deduced the sociopolitical "developments" of the 20th century and beyond.
I think the book "On the Genealogy of Morality" contains his most straightforward analysis of religion. He really digs deep there.
I'm an amateur student of philosophy, read almost everything that's worth reading, and I think after Aristotle, Nietzsche has the most interesting things to say.
He also a prime example of someone who "walked the walk", he lived by his philosophy and accepted the consequences.
Oh and by the way, he was not a nazi or a "proto-nazi", the exact opposite, he hated the state, and collectivist ideologies.
I'm happy to share my thoughts, and I also not claim, that I have the correct interpretations of Nietzsche. Sometimes his "protagonists" (intentionally) contradict themselves, which can be interpreted multiple ways.
His analysis of religion is one of the things that is more direct. What he does, is that he digs up the human psychology about God and morality, it is very different than what I expected when I read it first. Nothing like the Marxist platitudes like: "Religion is the opium of the people." Though he is even less gentle in critiquing Christianity and Judaism.
So he has no prescription about God and religion, but the way he analyzes them is very unique and thought provoking. I cannot really summarize it well in a comment.
One interesting thing is that he thought that ancient people, like the Greeks had a more correct understanding of God(s) and morality, which I tend to agree more as I research the topic.