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Friday, June 27, 2008
A Few Days Off
School is done, and I'm heading to the mountains to rest, play with my children, sip cider and puff on my new pipe. A very brief hiatus from blogging ensues; see you Tuesday.
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i would just like to suggest a topic of conversation. my friend and i were arguing again(although not in the least heated), with the age old premise that religion was the seed of all wars. not catholicism in particular, but it was the fault of ALL religions that the world is not in harmony. though he is not atheist, he is of the school that the scriptures shouldn't be taught be the priesthood, but left up to the individual to glean for themselves what they mean. i see this interpretation without a guide as dibilitating to the whole message of Christ. anywho, i would just like to fine tune my own arguments and perhaps a better understanding of history would do that. so, if it's a topic worth talking about (religion vs. pure spiritualism i guess), then get on it
I'm just gonna throw out my own opinion on the topic even know no post has yet been made about it.
I believe that, here in the close-minded town of Sherwood Park, organized religion is a joke. I apologize if that offends anybody but it is simply not what it is supposed to be. Our priests have no passion and the church community does not understand the true nature of the church. But I WILL say that I went to Rome over spring break for the Vatican Studies trip and the masses out there are inspiring. They go back to the root of the church. When you walk into those churches you feel something very special... it's not like that here.
Even though I did not (sadly) attend the Rome trip, I too can relate to your comment Ben - as I have had the privelage of attending several masses in churches all throughout England, France and Germany. Religion there is so much more than a word - its an entirely different way of living. The followers do so at their own will and (like you said in one of your blog posts) they are not 'obligated' to practice it. The presence when one attends a European church is overwhelming with the sense of community, passion and pride that every parishner (sp) expresses.
I wouldn't go as far as to say the priests here "have no passion" because there are many that make me proud but I will agree with you on the idea that the teachers and advocates of Western religion have skewed the interpretation of what true religion is all about, and because of this we are left with a warped ideal that turns into a frantic nightmare that most people would rather avoid then take the time to seek the truth about what [our] religion really means to us as an individual, a community and as a world.
This comment had no intention of becoming a gloriying one, but while I am at it I might as well say that it is Thanks to people/teachers like Mr. Johnson that help all of us see through the darkness of what religion has become, and catch a glimpse of the evident light - no matter how dim.
Oh, and Garv - I think that idea for a post would be excellent!
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i would just like to suggest a topic of conversation. my friend and i were arguing again(although not in the least heated), with the age old premise that religion was the seed of all wars. not catholicism in particular, but it was the fault of ALL religions that the world is not in harmony. though he is not atheist, he is of the school that the scriptures shouldn't be taught be the priesthood, but left up to the individual to glean for themselves what they mean. i see this interpretation without a guide as dibilitating to the whole message of Christ. anywho, i would just like to fine tune my own arguments and perhaps a better understanding of history would do that. so, if it's a topic worth talking about (religion vs. pure spiritualism i guess), then get on it
I'm just gonna throw out my own opinion on the topic even know no post has yet been made about it.
I believe that, here in the close-minded town of Sherwood Park, organized religion is a joke. I apologize if that offends anybody but it is simply not what it is supposed to be. Our priests have no passion and the church community does not understand the true nature of the church. But I WILL say that I went to Rome over spring break for the Vatican Studies trip and the masses out there are inspiring. They go back to the root of the church. When you walk into those churches you feel something very special... it's not like that here.
Even though I did not (sadly) attend the Rome trip, I too can relate to your comment Ben - as I have had the privelage of attending several masses in churches all throughout England, France and Germany. Religion there is so much more than a word - its an entirely different way of living. The followers do so at their own will and (like you said in one of your blog posts) they are not 'obligated' to practice it. The presence when one attends a European church is overwhelming with the sense of community, passion and pride that every parishner (sp) expresses.
I wouldn't go as far as to say the priests here "have no passion" because there are many that make me proud but I will agree with you on the idea that the teachers and advocates of Western religion have skewed the interpretation of what true religion is all about, and because
of this we are left with a warped ideal that turns into a frantic nightmare that most people would rather avoid then take the time to seek the truth about what [our] religion really means to us as an individual, a community and as a world.
This comment had no intention of becoming a gloriying one, but while I am at it I might as well say that it is Thanks to people/teachers like Mr. Johnson that help all of us see through the darkness of what religion has become, and catch a glimpse of the evident light - no matter how dim.
Oh, and Garv - I think that idea for a post would be excellent!
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