chakraman
God save us from religion
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has anyone seen this film? i have watched it before but this time now i'm older etc it had new meanings. this is not a subject i am knowledgable so forgive any specific faux pas'.
for me the essence of the film was the fear-based actions of the church in relation to the discovery of the gospel according to thomas - said to be the closest to the word of jesus. (is this the dead sea scrolls?) i looked them up on net and they certainly contain a good degree of agelees truths. in the film the priests, with their rituals and churches, are portrayed as a hindrance to real religious enquiry even the enemy of it. these are thoughts you may have heard myself espouse from time to time.
i get the impression that during christs ministry he was seen as a threat to the religious status quo of spiritual authority, pomp and ceremony. in the centuries following christ it seems that the religious powers embraced the symbol of christ and shaped it to their desires, neglecting what didnt support their view. i.e. anything that questioned organised religious authority by promoting faith etc
at the end of the film it said that the vatican had stated that the gospel was heresy. could it be that any organisational, authoritarian view of religion even personally speaking is the opposite of it and therefore malicious in its entirety, afterall we've had the so called religions for centuries and it hasnt helped. for me the lack of organised religious enquiry that is slated in britain is wellcome. the materialism that has ensued because of it may not be the answer, but when the fear based religion of the middle ages is set free its bound to appear worse at first, but we have to learn the folly of materialism by living it first. repression of this for me is prolonging materialism. organised religious enquiry is to me spiritual materialism.
a great film....
on a poster i saw outside a church ; why sit in the dark when you can light a candle...
krishnamurti ; why sit by the light of one candle, when you can have the sun...
jase
for me the essence of the film was the fear-based actions of the church in relation to the discovery of the gospel according to thomas - said to be the closest to the word of jesus. (is this the dead sea scrolls?) i looked them up on net and they certainly contain a good degree of agelees truths. in the film the priests, with their rituals and churches, are portrayed as a hindrance to real religious enquiry even the enemy of it. these are thoughts you may have heard myself espouse from time to time.
i get the impression that during christs ministry he was seen as a threat to the religious status quo of spiritual authority, pomp and ceremony. in the centuries following christ it seems that the religious powers embraced the symbol of christ and shaped it to their desires, neglecting what didnt support their view. i.e. anything that questioned organised religious authority by promoting faith etc
at the end of the film it said that the vatican had stated that the gospel was heresy. could it be that any organisational, authoritarian view of religion even personally speaking is the opposite of it and therefore malicious in its entirety, afterall we've had the so called religions for centuries and it hasnt helped. for me the lack of organised religious enquiry that is slated in britain is wellcome. the materialism that has ensued because of it may not be the answer, but when the fear based religion of the middle ages is set free its bound to appear worse at first, but we have to learn the folly of materialism by living it first. repression of this for me is prolonging materialism. organised religious enquiry is to me spiritual materialism.
a great film....
on a poster i saw outside a church ; why sit in the dark when you can light a candle...
krishnamurti ; why sit by the light of one candle, when you can have the sun...
jase