Philosophical

Fabrications and Other Things that Serve Our Institutional Purposes

Sometimes when those little faith snippets appear in some parish bulletins on their educational feature I laugh out loud because they are so obviously just made up. You just made that up! But how well it serves the conclusion.
It's hysterical how much of the extra-biblical doctrine makes its way as assumed truth.
The entire construct of priests 'dying to themselves' as celibates when this was the furthest
thing from Jesus' thought or words is hysterical. It would be laugh out loud more hysterical were there not such a strong prohibition IN SCRIPTURE against doing that. Do not add a word. It is a firm admonition. Half of the Vatican library has to be added words on conjectural commentary of what they want it to mean. And it is often meant in the most demeaning way to women you could invent.
Sometimes the church is just wrong. Persecution of people for reading the bible in the vernacular, which it did for centuries because they wanted to give priests more control over the people, is just wrong. Now after the Gutenberg Press, everyone gets their own bible and now after public financed education in the western world we all can read it.
So these little educational blurbs, meant to indoctrinate in their world are often silly creations that serve their mindset- and no, it's not that we don't know our faith- we reject your interpretation of our faith.
Sometimes I am just shocked at how dumb sheep can be. Can't you read?
Not that some of the institutional purposes aren't worthy or noble- it's great to give free social services to people, free medical and legal help. But wrong, deceptive and contrary to scripture to enforce rules that are contra-deo.
Clearly, the church is in need of serious reform. Clearly. Or do you always walk around with your neck in the quicksand?