Because I really feel something wrong (nevermind me)

[cherm]

You know what’s extremely dangerous and disturbing? When someone wishes or demands the torture or death of another if the accused has done something to offend you or others on a large scale. If you think you‘re hate is justifiable then, it basically is the same as agreeing with capital punishment or worse. I bet the majority of people who campaign to abolish capital punishment will feel enough hate to justify killing a murderer who has for example killed one of their family members by a slow dismemberment. (think of any extreme scenario involving torture of your loved one) It is only fucking human to be a hypocrite. I remember a priest, Father John Bosco’s sermon where he said something along the lines of “everyone is a hypocrite” or is “born a hypocrite being a creation of God” I never liked Father John Bosco in whole, partly because he wrongly accused me for smoking in the Attic when I was 14, those from Holy Family church will remember him for being one of the more charismatic priests during the mid to late 90s. Even as I doubt my (then) beliefs, there are certain parts of sermon that can be applied to daily life even if you take “God” out of the equation. I would like to share also my experience with this priest who was invited to talk at my aunt’s catholic centre (CANA) at Waterloo street. Basically the topic was about possession (not that this priest has ever performed an actual exorcism) A topic as “supernatural” as that obviously drew quite an audience, but I found myself laughing through out most of it. Well he said along the lines that “Meditation is not good/safe, as you’ll be more open to the spirit realm and can be more easily influenced by the devil (demons) or worse case become possessed” Last I checked meditation was healthy for the mind, body, soul; I was watching a documentary on DISCOVERY where they studied matters of the mind in relation to meditation, and it was actually healthy for the person in whole. I thought to myself fuck man, this is exactly the kind of paranoia and ignorance those at the religious forefront would impose on us (it’s adherents). It doesn’t stop there of course, those people who attended that talk would have told their children, children’s children, friends, family members who sadly, some as a result might take the stance that a monk by default when he meditates is more susceptible to influence of the devil and could be possessed, and therefore we should stay away from anything, anyone associated with meditation. This is just one example of how a small “listless” and trivial observation-words from a not so well informed priest could easily cause others to develop unnecessary prejudices those the priest opposes all though he appears to tolerate as a front much like how the Vatican condemned that cartoonist Islamic depictions in the Danish newspaper not too long ago. But the reality is that when it comes to scripture vs scripture they are always at war some way or the other, this tolerance as many great authors (Hitchens, Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins) have put forward, is in itself contradictory.

EDIT:
now that I recap more of what the priest said. He added "it may be good for the body but be careful when you meditate because so and so..."

It appears he was as uncertain about as everyone who was listening, was.