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<blockquote data-quote="Mage" data-source="post: 1276334" data-attributes="member: 1809"><p>He should and he does but his job is to get people in the Church. His target audience is not hardcore Catholics who know the stuff anyway, but people who have little knowledge about Catholicism. He lures in with promising that it's all quite easy and undemanding and the more in you are the more you will learn of the demands.</p><p></p><p>Most religions do this, Islam is even more dishonest then Christianity in this way, because Muslims never tell wannabe converts that you deserve to die if you leave Islam. And of course sects (mislabeled as cults in English) like Scientology or Jehovah Witnesses or Mormons are even worse slander you and make you lose your family and they probably would kill you for leaving too, but unlike Islam they are too weak to get away with that.</p><p></p><p>Christianity lures you in telling all you need is to observe a few rituals like mass and rarely do a sacrament and just observe commandments, but the more you are in the more it will be revealed that you are so abhorrent a sinner that only God's grace can save you and you must pray for it day and night, leave everything of this world behind and God gives no warranty apparent in this life. This can drive you paranoid and push you to become dogmatic and fanatical.</p><p></p><p>All religions will milk you as much as you allow them to. If you are a casual faithful they will take just your donations, but if you ask for it they will all be glad to make a martyr out of you.</p><p></p><p>While the Catholic spirituality is somewhat valid and will indeed make you a better person and make you more in relative (compared to a secularist or protestant) tune with Natural Law, it is still an unnatural priest class run religion an their discourse with lay people will always be full of half-truths and marketing tricks and game. Same with Protestantism. Watched a few Living Water videos. They are all clearly edited and full of game and half-truths.</p><p></p><p>You must practice union with God independently of your circumstances, being in a religion or a sect (mislabeled cult in English) or not. Only this will allow you to find the real balance point between sinfulness and fanaticism. This is why I consider Yoga and meditation to be the superior path. You must connect with divine directly, if you use a proxy like a scripture or a priest you will be manipulated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mage, post: 1276334, member: 1809"] He should and he does but his job is to get people in the Church. His target audience is not hardcore Catholics who know the stuff anyway, but people who have little knowledge about Catholicism. He lures in with promising that it's all quite easy and undemanding and the more in you are the more you will learn of the demands. Most religions do this, Islam is even more dishonest then Christianity in this way, because Muslims never tell wannabe converts that you deserve to die if you leave Islam. And of course sects (mislabeled as cults in English) like Scientology or Jehovah Witnesses or Mormons are even worse slander you and make you lose your family and they probably would kill you for leaving too, but unlike Islam they are too weak to get away with that. Christianity lures you in telling all you need is to observe a few rituals like mass and rarely do a sacrament and just observe commandments, but the more you are in the more it will be revealed that you are so abhorrent a sinner that only God's grace can save you and you must pray for it day and night, leave everything of this world behind and God gives no warranty apparent in this life. This can drive you paranoid and push you to become dogmatic and fanatical. All religions will milk you as much as you allow them to. If you are a casual faithful they will take just your donations, but if you ask for it they will all be glad to make a martyr out of you. While the Catholic spirituality is somewhat valid and will indeed make you a better person and make you more in relative (compared to a secularist or protestant) tune with Natural Law, it is still an unnatural priest class run religion an their discourse with lay people will always be full of half-truths and marketing tricks and game. Same with Protestantism. Watched a few Living Water videos. They are all clearly edited and full of game and half-truths. You must practice union with God independently of your circumstances, being in a religion or a sect (mislabeled cult in English) or not. Only this will allow you to find the real balance point between sinfulness and fanaticism. This is why I consider Yoga and meditation to be the superior path. You must connect with divine directly, if you use a proxy like a scripture or a priest you will be manipulated. [/QUOTE]
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