There are certain religious illusions that feel shattered for many of us this year:
The one where love does indeed trump hate.
The one where the bullies are brought down.
The one where the Church stands for what is right.
The one where evil doesn't win.
https://johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/if-these-days-have-shaken-your-faith
The one where love does indeed trump hate.
The one where the bullies are brought down.
The one where the Church stands for what is right.
The one where evil doesn't win.
https://johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/if-these-days-have-shaken-your-faith
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The "church" merely offers a salve pretending that man is otherwise.
Reference Romans 8:38,39
Nothing can separate us from God's love
But they shake my faith in preachers.
above a chasm deep
One one side it’s clear and blue
In the mirror surface of my mind
It’s the me I long to be
Gentle, warm and kind
On the other side my country burns
The Constitution aflame
Disbelief, confusion
Anger, grief and blame
I balance on a wire
above a chasm deep
I'll keep my faith.
That’s why, I believe, humans invented the concept of Hell. We have a sense of justice, and desperately want to believe that the wicked will be punished, if not in this life, then in the next.