I continue with my talk therapy and thank all the readers of my earlier entries. My depression is not lifting, it sometimes gets worse, but writing here helps me tremendously, especially since my entries are being read by quite a number of you. Thank you again!
More than a week has gone by since I wrote my last entry and inevitably, naturally, we all remain in our statist society. I picked up this word from browsing Christian Anarchist websites, and I rather like the word, not that I am wholeheartedly into some of the views expressed on these websites. However, as anarchists we are certainly out for change, we are not statists. How we bring about this change has been controversial to say the least since the great political debates of the 19th century between anarchists and authoritarian socialists.
I am moved to write this entry (inspired by God!?) having just found on my book shelf (I was given it as a birthday present from my nephews in 2017), a book entitled "Unity: A Quest For Truth", by Eric Butterworth. After a quick browse I realize again why I did not give it much attention at the time. Wiki does not give a criticism section in its entry on the Unity Church, unlike in its entries on Seventh Day Adventism and Christian Anarchism for instance, as well as its substantial critiques on all of the mainstream Christian denominations, but it does refer to the Unity Church's earlier affiliation with Christian Science, where there is a critique. A Google search brought me to read about the debate as to whether or not the Unity Church is a cult.
Now why have I spent this time investigating these views on the Unity Church? I was attracted by the title of the book which I found on my shelf; of course we are all searching for the truth. I think Jesus had something to say about that in his exchange with Pontius Pilate(!) , and there is a lot of good reading in the little book I just found. However, as with all established, institutional Churches, which the Unity Church quickly became (money-making along with all other Chuches), they are doing nothing to effect any change in our statist society. In fact, as with all institutional Churches, they become part of the fabric of our statist society. They may well do a useful job in providing for some of the spiritual needs of the ignorant masses ( no disrespect there, ignorance is simply a lack of knowledge, and I am ignorant in many areas), but they do nothing to effect change. In fact, most are merely supporting the status quo, even with their admirable voluntary commitments, relieving governments of their responsibilities to look after the poor and needy.
Long live the revolution(!), but how do we bring it about? Certainly not by attending an institutional Church. I suggest we study the Word, which is Jesus (not the literal words in the Bible), especially the anarchistic implications (Jesus was an anarchist) within the Sermon on the Mount. Give up one's belief in the so-called essential necessity for man-made authoritarian control. Turn to Jesus. God bless.
More than a week has gone by since I wrote my last entry and inevitably, naturally, we all remain in our statist society. I picked up this word from browsing Christian Anarchist websites, and I rather like the word, not that I am wholeheartedly into some of the views expressed on these websites. However, as anarchists we are certainly out for change, we are not statists. How we bring about this change has been controversial to say the least since the great political debates of the 19th century between anarchists and authoritarian socialists.
I am moved to write this entry (inspired by God!?) having just found on my book shelf (I was given it as a birthday present from my nephews in 2017), a book entitled "Unity: A Quest For Truth", by Eric Butterworth. After a quick browse I realize again why I did not give it much attention at the time. Wiki does not give a criticism section in its entry on the Unity Church, unlike in its entries on Seventh Day Adventism and Christian Anarchism for instance, as well as its substantial critiques on all of the mainstream Christian denominations, but it does refer to the Unity Church's earlier affiliation with Christian Science, where there is a critique. A Google search brought me to read about the debate as to whether or not the Unity Church is a cult.
Now why have I spent this time investigating these views on the Unity Church? I was attracted by the title of the book which I found on my shelf; of course we are all searching for the truth. I think Jesus had something to say about that in his exchange with Pontius Pilate(!) , and there is a lot of good reading in the little book I just found. However, as with all established, institutional Churches, which the Unity Church quickly became (money-making along with all other Chuches), they are doing nothing to effect any change in our statist society. In fact, as with all institutional Churches, they become part of the fabric of our statist society. They may well do a useful job in providing for some of the spiritual needs of the ignorant masses ( no disrespect there, ignorance is simply a lack of knowledge, and I am ignorant in many areas), but they do nothing to effect change. In fact, most are merely supporting the status quo, even with their admirable voluntary commitments, relieving governments of their responsibilities to look after the poor and needy.
Long live the revolution(!), but how do we bring it about? Certainly not by attending an institutional Church. I suggest we study the Word, which is Jesus (not the literal words in the Bible), especially the anarchistic implications (Jesus was an anarchist) within the Sermon on the Mount. Give up one's belief in the so-called essential necessity for man-made authoritarian control. Turn to Jesus. God bless.