tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647562459433740241.post7434990371306128756..comments2023-08-23T08:27:08.039-04:00Comments on UU A Way Of Life: Profound Beauty or Original Sin?David G. Markhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08336565533124142690noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647562459433740241.post-4762460332367634212014-06-06T11:13:37.332-04:002014-06-06T11:13:37.332-04:00Thanks Aaron. Thanks Aaron. Brad Jergensnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647562459433740241.post-5310741161344430472014-06-06T08:06:42.490-04:002014-06-06T08:06:42.490-04:00I'm sorry for what you and your children have ...I'm sorry for what you and your children have had to go through because of the erroneous beliefs taught by the Catholic church about original sin. I believe these beliefs arose from Augustinian theology and certainly are nothing which Jesus ever taught. So much of Christianity has nothing to do with Jesus but was added to church dogma centuries after Jesus' death.<br /><br />Of course, the function of the doctrine of original sin has made the church necessary in the lives of millions of people over the millennia because, according to the mythology, parents and children are in need of the sacrament of baptism or they will go to hell. Keeps the money and support coming in for the clergy. It is interesting how the propaganda has built an institution of the back of lies and deceit. It's hard to understand how any thoughtful person could believe these superstitions until we think of the childish mythology of Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, and the Tooth Fairy.<br /><br />Most of Christianity has been populated with similar cartoon characters and while they may quell existential anxiety, the longer term negative costs of perpetrating these superstitious beliefs have been enormous in the history of humanity and may be bringing about the end of our world through climate change with the pig headed belief that the biblical God has given humans dominion over the earth.Aaron Davidsonnoreply@blogger.com