Introduction

I was raised in a cult. I left when I went to college, but didn't really process any of that. I became Catholic and have been slowly losing my patience with the Church over the sex abuse crisis. When my successful weight loss triggered painful traumatic events from my past, I realized that the dysfunctional religion I was raised in had hurt me as much as my dysfunctional family. Now I'm smashing idols to see if any treasure remains among the rubble. It's a messy process.

Sunday, October 4, 2015

The Secret

No, not that abysmal movie nor the idiotic philosophy behind it that is just like Prosperity Gospel but with less Jesus and more woo. I'm talking about the real secret. The secret that all the grown ups kept from us when we were young. You know the one. At least, I hope you do. You may not know. But that's why I'm here. I'm going to tell you the secret.

There are no grown ups.

None of us know what we're doing for certain. We are all just doing the best we can with the information we have at the time. If we're smart, we gather all the information we can, and we try to keep in mind the fallacies that our species frequently falls into, and we double and triple check with peer review, but we still don't KNOW.

This includes world leaders. This includes religious authorities.

Earlier this week that stupid "Pay $5.99 to Facebook or ALL your information becomes public, on, and copy and paste this stupid, meaningless blurb on your wall to prevent "them" from doing this." thing was going around for the nine millionth time it seems. And one of the people who posted it was the priest from the ECC church we sometimes, if we feel like it, attend for mass. I laughed till I cried.

Yes, apparently I'm staying awake nights and going through existential angst because of things I was taught as a small child by people who cannot consistently remember Snopes exists.
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  1. amaebiOctober 5, 2015 at 6:48 AM

    I suspect that you're going to need to find a way to accept that everyone is limited and imperfect, and that those who claim otherwise perhaps most.

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    1. Jasmine @ Heart in FormationOctober 7, 2015 at 10:39 AM

      Hey Amaebi and Nascent Nullifidian, Thanks for this. I get from this post that we all mess up and we're all trying our best with what we have. Writer included, me included, humanity included.
      But I find this: if we were right all the time we'd be mighty Proud which is great friends with Mean. I'm finding that mistakes keep us Humble, which is a BFF of Kindness (which are characteristics of our Dad who identified more with a Lamb than a Peacock).
      If we will only get: treat-others-as-you-want-to-be-treated and as-much-as-you-did-for-the-least-of-these-you-did-for-Me into our heart, the world would be so nice! For example, I don't even like it when my husband tells me I washed the dishes poorly. How much more would I want someone to tell me that A. my entire personal lifestyle is wrong or B.The person I choose to love with my heart for life is wrong..? Sigh.
      @ NN-thanks for the reminder; we're all God's Kids (let the "children" come to me for such is the Kingdom of Heaven) as opposed to we're all God's Grown-ups.
      @Amaebi @NN: Thanks for the reminder and warning to always be kind--only then is any "sight" I may have profitable because it will actually bless and point back to Dad/God/Love
      (atleast I "think" but I could be wrong..! ;))
      Love to you both from Holland.
      Keep going NN!
      Jasmine (trying to write: "Wild Kids, Wild God - 31 Days Looking into God's Heart")
      (adding my series link but feel free to delete if it bothers you!)
      https://heartinformation.wordpress.com/category/wild-kids-wild-god-31days-looking-into-gods-heart-series

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