[QUOTE=PrettyLil’Peony;935337]Hmm good question Scott! Not sure about Western Mysticism…going to have to look into that.[/QUOTE]
Most of the religious mystics in western culture were Catholic and most fundamentalist Christian sects do not believe Catholics are Christian, so I would guess they will say they disapprove of that as well.
The funny thing is that mysticism is about directly experiencing the divine for yourself and that was one of the original tenants of Protestantism, each person may have a personal relationship with god, and does not require intercession by a Church authority.
Unfortunately they require that each person experience God according to THEIR definition of God and not according to a person’s undefined, direct experience.
I agree, that every relationship with God is individualized/custom…for instance I was raised Catholic but I have also picked up different philosophies/ideas/beliefs from different religions and intermingled them with my Catholic platform.
[QUOTE=PrettyLil’Peony;935356]I agree, that every relationship with God is individualized/custom…for instance I was raised Catholic but I have also picked up different philosophies/ideas/beliefs from different religions and intermingled them with my Catholic platform.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=PrettyLil’Peony;935356]I agree, that every relationship with God is individualized/custom…for instance I was raised Catholic but I have also picked up different philosophies/ideas/beliefs from different religions and intermingled them with my Catholic platform.[/QUOTE]
The Chinese have a saying: “A thousand monks, a thousand religions!”
“More often than not, inexplicable occurrences collide with the balance of life.
Coincidental? Or divine intervention?
To faithful believers, this is simply the wondrous act of God.
To others, billions of clever atoms at their best!
What path to choose?”
Chuck Norris was once head of the Quakers, until he roundhouse kicked himself out for being too violent. Then he roundhouse kicked the Quakers (Now you know why they’re called quakers.)
The hard core Baptists would ban Cathlics if they could. Anything that is not associated with Christianity is evil and of satan. Remember how in the name of Christianity all those people were burned alive? I am not bound by religeous convictions, and am open to anything that makes sense to me. Sister Pauline once told me that I was bound for hell because I was not a Cathlic. This might well be true, but I do not believe it. Hey, even Dracula was a Christian of sorts. Supposedly.
Impossible for Chuck to be evil, not only is Chuck all 7 signs of the apocolypse, he also choked out Satan with his beard and then round house kicked his corpse into the lake of eternal fire !
Its all in the bible people !!
