tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348240626909863719.post8798053517328499492..comments2024-03-06T22:00:22.083-05:00Comments on Questions from a Ewe: Living a myth...Questions from a Ewehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06505411853075740722noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348240626909863719.post-2784938381005366752015-12-31T00:23:35.580-05:002015-12-31T00:23:35.580-05:00Thank you! This is a theory I have had for a long ...Thank you! This is a theory I have had for a long time, that the church family is incredibly dysfunctional. Needs some good therapy....and thank you for calling a spade a spade. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348240626909863719.post-65634445438954804462015-12-28T09:13:54.951-05:002015-12-28T09:13:54.951-05:00The RCC has had centuries to develop very powerful...The RCC has had centuries to develop very powerful messages. "You'll go to hell", "We have the truth", "We are far better than those other deluded people", and on and on. If you've been surrounded all or much of your life by these, deconditioning is a very difficult job. Think a cult that also has developed powerfully compelling images of the perfect catladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04133016236016060148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348240626909863719.post-41466342630266630762015-12-28T06:47:27.163-05:002015-12-28T06:47:27.163-05:00I received some comments via emails that I want to...I received some comments via emails that I want to share.<br /><br />One questioned if I misused the term, "myth" since myths are not falsehoods but rather a metaphorical way of expressing deep truths. I actually believe their is deep metaphorical truth in the church's perfection. It is associated with the completeness of the totality of humanity (the church) rather than some Questions from a Ewehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06505411853075740722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348240626909863719.post-28894292618635336382015-12-28T06:31:26.418-05:002015-12-28T06:31:26.418-05:00Excellent points. I had some similar reflections ...Excellent points. I had some similar reflections as I wrote the article. We have a leadership model that is served by retaining belief in the myth and therefore an unlikely source of change. Thus, they cater to the minority. But the change is occurring around them as people leave. One thing I have started doing is refusing to use the "1.2 billion Catholics" statistic because it Questions from a Ewehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06505411853075740722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348240626909863719.post-64872990794116339632015-12-28T00:38:03.309-05:002015-12-28T00:38:03.309-05:00QUOTE: Is it time to behave like my unrelenting ol...<strong>QUOTE:</strong> Is it time to behave like my unrelenting older sister, grasping hands of staunch believers in the myth and insisting they adopt a more mature understanding of the myth? Don’t we owe the survivors at least this much?<br /><br />I think it is next to impossible to do what Ewe suggests. We're dealing with forces in the human psyche with these people that are more Brian Coynehttp://www.catholica.com.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348240626909863719.post-28178693999052803152015-12-27T21:16:33.500-05:002015-12-27T21:16:33.500-05:00Priests can not listen. Hierarchy is the problem!!...Priests can not listen. Hierarchy is the problem!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15290347847752936030noreply@blogger.com