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Great article, Shummy.
That describes what happened to me.
That describes what happened to me.
Of course, it's a matter of opinion . . .
What I like best about not having a religion calling my shots is how lost and alone I am. I like it!
Why in the hell do introverts join religions? Or anything!
What I like best about not having a religion calling my shots is how lost and alone I am. I like it!
Why in the hell do introverts join religions? Or anything!
I was social distancing long before it was cool.
Introverts make the best converts, the favored prey of perverts.
Introverts have been known to armor up.
It makes for memorable scenes in movies.
It makes for memorable scenes in movies.
Deleting one R is armor aplenty por moi mon amor.
As a life long introvert I always struggled with leadership assignments in the Church. Then I lost my faith in God and in the Church. That was 30 years ago and I have enjoyed, among many other things, the lack of leadership responsibility. Now I realize who I really am and revel in it.
Let us each revel in each new revelation with great revelry!
From the article:
“No, the difference 40 years ago wasn’t the fact of faith in politics, but the substance of it. We went from “feed my sheep” to cutbacks in school lunch programs. From “love ye one another” to ignoring AIDS because it was “only” killing gays. From “woe unto you who are rich” to tax cuts for the wealthy and trickle-down leftovers for everyone else. From compassion for “the least of these” to condemnation of mythical welfare queens and other lazy and undeserving poor.
“It was a faith less of joy than of perpetual outrage, less of hope than of abiding fear. Which means that ultimately, it was not faith at all, only the degradation thereof...
“And really, if you were a person seeking God, seeking the comfort of faith, the solace and sustenance of faith, would you be drawn to that? Fat chance.”
Fat chance, indeed.
If these churches still preached “feed my sheep”, “love one another”, “woe unto the rich”, and care for “the least of these”, then not only could the 87 percent of us who still profess belief in God remain in the churches, but even those who don’t believe but do believe in the message could belong to a church community.
Chris Hedges documents the GOPizing of the churches very well here:
https://www.alternet.org/2007/02/the_rise_of_christian_fascism_and_its_threat_to_american_democracy/
His book on this from 2008:
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/American-Fascists/Chris-Hedges/9780743284462
“No, the difference 40 years ago wasn’t the fact of faith in politics, but the substance of it. We went from “feed my sheep” to cutbacks in school lunch programs. From “love ye one another” to ignoring AIDS because it was “only” killing gays. From “woe unto you who are rich” to tax cuts for the wealthy and trickle-down leftovers for everyone else. From compassion for “the least of these” to condemnation of mythical welfare queens and other lazy and undeserving poor.
“It was a faith less of joy than of perpetual outrage, less of hope than of abiding fear. Which means that ultimately, it was not faith at all, only the degradation thereof...
“And really, if you were a person seeking God, seeking the comfort of faith, the solace and sustenance of faith, would you be drawn to that? Fat chance.”
Fat chance, indeed.
If these churches still preached “feed my sheep”, “love one another”, “woe unto the rich”, and care for “the least of these”, then not only could the 87 percent of us who still profess belief in God remain in the churches, but even those who don’t believe but do believe in the message could belong to a church community.
Chris Hedges documents the GOPizing of the churches very well here:
https://www.alternet.org/2007/02/the_rise_of_christian_fascism_and_its_threat_to_american_democracy/
His book on this from 2008:
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/American-Fascists/Chris-Hedges/9780743284462
I'm sometimes surprised when I see or hear of people attending church. It feels so far out of my orbit right now.
The minute I think mormonism beat all the faith out of me, a motorcyclist passes me, and I ask God to protect him.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/03/2021 04:29PM by kathleen.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/03/2021 04:29PM by kathleen.