Religious mistakes and fantasies

by CR (029)

Being involved with organized religions doesn't always mean people are spiritual or spiritually educated. Spiritualism is a powerful focus of light whose rays reach the frontiers of the intellectual sphere and illuminate the whole cycle of life.

Under the light of spirituality, mysticism loses its form, its sense, its meaning, giving way to what common sense and logic admit as true.

Religious obsession has its roots and origins in childhood when children start feeling dazzled by the pictures portrayed to them of heaven, hell, the heavenly father, and the court of celestial beings like angels, archangels and cherubs.

What impresses children the most are the tales about miracles, rewards and divine punishment.

One does not need to be highly imaginative in order to realize what such fantasies mean during the critical period of formation of a young person's personality and character, and how much they contribute to dull reasoning and to hinder one's growth in the vast field of spirituality.

Among the most serious errors of religions, the forgiveness of faults and even of crimes committed by their followers is outstanding.

Absolution of sins pleases the flock, giving much relief to their consciences. The soul remains supposedly free from guilt. With such impunity assured by absolution, they do not hesitate to commit new faults, new mistakes, new crimes, from which they will be pardoned, if they ask God for fogiveness 

Moral debts are thus paid with the act of seeking forgiveness, much the same as monetary debts are paid with money. And the good payer always has open credit for new operations.

It is also very common to attribute to God, whose designs are said to be impenetrable, the responsibility for much of what happens on Earth.

Thus, if a member of a family dies, it was God who took him or her. If an accident happens, it was God's will. If someone escapes from being run over by an automobile, God gets the credit for saving the quasi-victim.

Individuality is thus always dependent on an all powerful divine entity and this subordination exercises a crushing negative influence over the human spirit. It gives the idea that the spirit is fully dependent on God, unable to use his own moral and spiritual resources.

This shows to what extent religions are unable to convey to their followers a true concept of spiritual life, due to their ignorance about matters related to incorporeal life.

References

[1] Christian Rationalism, 1st Edition, Rio de Janeiro 1984

[2] Compilation, paraphrasing, translation from original texts in Portuguese