Why is it that everything that organized religion doesn't like, or understand, is evil and of satan!?
Well the simple answer is that is how they have chosen to set things up. While not all relgions are this way it is not unique to Christianity.
It just makes the message simpler and easier to sell. 'We are the only ones with the truth, all others are wrong'. It does not require any thinking,
just accept the message, offer up your immortal soul, and you are in.
Contrast that with what I suspect (mostly from your 'Proud Pagan' mood tag) with the thinking required to learn whatever you have learned. I do not
know what sort of tradtions you may follow but I am sure they call for a heavy reliance on yourself, not on blind faith in what others teach.
Yours, and mine, is a harder road. I consider it a better one for the simple reason that it brings a deep sense of personal responsibility which
humans generally lack.
A.T
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