“by doing anything that makes you happy and try to stay in that place”.
Is that what it is all about? Is that the meaning of it all? Because my ‘faith tradition’ seems to suggest otherwise. My tradition is all about self-hate and self-denial. It’s all about guilt and shame and suffering as much pain as possible (‘take up your cross’) Basically, the more pain you suffer the happier God will be (It’s the reason Mother Teresa withheld pain relief from her patients). There’s nothing in Jesus’s dogmas about doing things that make you happy.
“Keep in mind that God is Love”
I beg to differ. God is NOT Love. God has conditions. That’s not love, it’s called protection money.
I think you guys are coping better with this because your heads weren’t screwed up by organized religion.
Best wishes,
Tannhauser
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