Prizebeatz1
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I don't feel that I do want to separate from God so badly. The Church is the particular way in which He has provided to us all and to me, to unite with Him. He basically says to humanity, in the very existence of the Church, "If you want to unite with Me, come to Church." He doesn't make it difficult. As our Lord says, "For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."
No, so long as it is in the particular way in which He Himself teaches us to understand this quote-unquote "theosis."
An intrinsically incoherent rhetorical question.
Ditto.
God made the Church. I don't know how to answer your other questions, but I do know that the Church, which is obvious, was made and is sustained by our Maker.
Come on, man; I'm none of those things.
I appreciate your thoughts. I recognize it. I value our Maker as much as is possible, and I know this for certain, because I listened to Him when He told the world exactly the way in which we ought to revere Him. It's not esoteric. It doesn't require plumbing the depths of philosophy or theology. You just have to go to Church, just like how it obviously appears. That's what our Maker would do. He wouldn't make us go through a maze or solve a puzzle to unite with Him. He'd make it easy and obvious. And He has. Go to Church. I'm a simpleton, I know.
I went to Catholic Church for 35 years. It is an institution inspired by God (but nevertheless man-made) based on a misinterpretation of the scriptures as literal. I'm not trying to bash the church because they do a lot of good in the world. But which of those good works is going to make up for disconnection from the soul? I know people are only doing the best they can with what they know but it is a tragedy and a disservice to humanity to discourage us away from the soul by suggesting it is a part of us but we are not a part of it. Someone has to stand up and say something about this. Countless people have died without ever knowing the soul and the world is in turmoil because of this too. Why wouldn't lack of connection from the soul cause war, inequality, injustice, violence, etc? I'm not saying the soul is a quick fix that will solve all our problems but we need to be aware of it for the well-being of mankind.
I do not intend to offend anyone by saying they are Satan. Satan is a metaphor for what keeps us feeling separate from God just as Jesus is a metaphor for that which connects us with God. Lots of people don't like it because it makes them look like the bad guy. It's okay. I was like that too so I try to deliver this message with compassion. Realize the church contributes to strengthen and reinforce the identity of the personality. We go to deepen our faith and beliefs but these are the very things which trick us into feeling separate. We are peer pressured into believing what the authorities tell us and we become proud of the identity we make of ourselves. This identity is an imitation of the true identity of the soul which is infinite and eternal. Many strive to be perfect without knowing perfection has already been accomplished in the soul. On an unconscious level we don't think we're good enough just the way we are because we have automatically judged and condemned ourselves without even thinking about it. The worthless feelings do not go away with a hot shower. We attempt to extract self-worth out of being a good Catholic but this is a false version of the real thing. The real thing is unconditional and it comes from the soul because the soul is one with God.
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