Posted by Sigismund on November 18, 2008, at 18:20:11
In reply to Re: Priest says no to communion for Obama voters » Toph, posted by Nadezda on November 18, 2008, at 16:22:50
>I've never understood it--and never will.
For this reason I am reading EM Cioran, who has this to say:
"A life of intensity is contrary to the Tao," teaches Lao Tse, a normal man if ever there was one. But the Christian virus torments us: heirs of the flagellants, it is by refining our excrutiations that we become conscious of ourselves. Is religion declining? We perpetuate its extravagances, as we perpetuate the macerations and the cell-shrieks of old, our will to suffer equaling that of the monasteries in their hey-day. If the church no longer enjoys a monopoly on hell, it has nonetheless riveted us to a chain of sighs, of blasted joys and jubilant despair."
Hope that helps.
I'll keep you updated.
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