We (are) call(ed) ourselves Freepers ... so in a broad sense, we are a church, an ecclesia ... a body of believers.
The Catholic ecclesia makes claim to be the only true church, unlike FR that makes no such claim, yet we recognize that others of like mindedness are also "in the battle" for truth and Freedom.
SJ writings can be pretty impressive, but it all boils down to just another elitist mindset.
Very well put.
I’ve come to be INCREASINGLY convinced with every such thread I read . . .
Whether Protty or RC,
folks who have suffered REACTIVE ATTACHMENT DISORDER
as I have . . .
seem to be AT GREATLY INCREASED RISK of
becoming INTENSELY addicted to a mind-set and construction on reality—particularly RELIGION-WISE—which is
—authoritarian
—narrow—hyper narrow in some respects—particularly in terms of IN-GROUP/OUT-GROUP dynamics, constructions on reality and sensibilities
—haughty
—self-righteous
—addicted to !!!!TRADITION!!!! as an added illusion of enhanced security
—increasingly fiercely bitter, resentful, hostile, wary, assaultive . . . toward those not in their little group—usually even toward others in the larger organization not members of their congregation or even of their little clique within their congregation . . .
—VERY given to notions and practices of “earning one’s salvation” . . .
—extremely elaborate, nuanced, prissy, exacting rituals, customs, habits, ‘in-things’ to be TRULY most TRULY “RIGHTEOUS” . . .
—ritualized, formula-ized prayers . . . transforming God into a vending machine for the truly truly truly in-group . . .
—that Christ’s Death and Resurrection was somehow insufficient without all the organizationally supported, sanctioned, herded hoopla . . .
. . .