https://www.invidio.us/watch?v=qEKGPqu92EI :
Mormon Temple blood oath (Pre-1990) recorded w/ hidden camera - YouTube
https://www.invidio.us/watch?v=JcRnk-62CWY :
Mormon Temple Penalties - YouTube
[–] 14179495? 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago (edited ago)
A short synopsis of my own "religious wokeness"...
Conclusion: Religion serves itself. Without individuals having "faith" in themselves, they place that "faith" into their religion of choice. That Religion takes that "faith" and molds it into the ideology that it wants it's cult memebers...er...I mean religious advocates... to be. Hence the mass brainwashing you see from the different "faiths" of religion and all the atrocities that spring from it over the course of human history.
Advice: Know yourself. Have the courage and self-worth to know every individual has it within themselves to be a spiritual entity. You do not NEED religion to express or confirm this, as you already have it as your birthright. That said, there are some religious institutions/churches that are great for being around good people. Let your conscience guide you, for that is your spirituality. Do not allow others to guide you, for that is religion.
Edit disclaimer: No, I am NOT an Atheist. I absolutely believe in a grander scheme, creation, etc. Who, or what, that is (.e.g. "God"), I do not know, hence my continual search for answers. The scientific ones are full of holes but I believe skirt just enough around the edges to lend them credence to those who have zero knowledge of anything. ok?
[–] 14180121? 2 points -2 points 0 points (+0|-2) ago (edited ago)
I agree that it is a very personal relationship that one has with God. I believe that God does want an organized religion, and personally have found peace with God through the Book of Mormon https://www.mormon.org Have you ever read it?
Yes, I've read it and was the catalyst for my post since it was being talked about. I disagree about organized religion, completely: The body is the temple, not a brick and mortar place. Organized religions inevitably create Temples/Mosques/Synagogues/etc, growing ever larger and more extravagant to show "how great they are" and as result demand more of their followers to give more and more money for the status and upkeep of such grand edifices, and their "front men". Mormon church is no different. No thanks, I choose personally not to indulge any more of Man's interpretations of spirituality.
[–] 14178498? [S] 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Use Mormons as an example or parable of how to wake up normies to the red pill.
The irony is a Mormon realizing the MSM lies while ignoring their own churches extortion.