Every religion has it's share of charlatans and exploiters. Every. Single. One.
All of the major religions extoll the same message of peace, loving kindness and extravagant generosity. Every. Single. One.
Yes, culture and religion intersect in many ways. America has no culture to speak of, imo. Aside from jazz music and literature, much of our culture is derivative and varied. What joins us together is not religion or culture, but a shared idea that "government of the people, by the people and for the people shall not perish from this earth." E Pluribus Unum and all that, imo.
I think that, cyclically, religion tends to jump the shark. Like many other things that have good beginnings or intentions, it grows out of proportion to the original notion and becomes too much. Too much law, too much paraphrasing, too much cherry picking…just too much of everything except what the pure nature is. We ar won the upswing of this now and it has to run its course, because we do not learn from our past. Ever.
I love your comment, and agree. Thanks. Also, thank you for being the first person to comment on any of my articles! I consider this a milestone of sorts. :)
Every religion has it's share of charlatans and exploiters. Every. Single. One.
All of the major religions extoll the same message of peace, loving kindness and extravagant generosity. Every. Single. One.
Yes, culture and religion intersect in many ways. America has no culture to speak of, imo. Aside from jazz music and literature, much of our culture is derivative and varied. What joins us together is not religion or culture, but a shared idea that "government of the people, by the people and for the people shall not perish from this earth." E Pluribus Unum and all that, imo.
I think that, cyclically, religion tends to jump the shark. Like many other things that have good beginnings or intentions, it grows out of proportion to the original notion and becomes too much. Too much law, too much paraphrasing, too much cherry picking…just too much of everything except what the pure nature is. We ar won the upswing of this now and it has to run its course, because we do not learn from our past. Ever.
I love your comment, and agree. Thanks. Also, thank you for being the first person to comment on any of my articles! I consider this a milestone of sorts. :)