RE: The problem with prayer.
July 20, 2016 at 4:46 pm
(This post was last modified: July 20, 2016 at 5:00 pm by The Viking.)
When I was a catholic, I had the same problem with prayer as I do now, but didn't realise it.
Why am I apologising? Why am I grovelling? Why am I assuming all of the guilt? Why am I not extolling my positives? Why am I submitting myself to the will of someone who so obviously thinks I'm inferior?
Why am I being told that anything I do in life isn't of my own making? Every gift I possess was given to me? Every thing I achieve was only possible because he was working through me? Every time I felt proud of myself, I should regret it, because I wasn't really responsible? Every time I do something that makes me feel happy, I should repent for it and confess to another fallible human being because I've embarrassed myself?
Absolute bullshit.
Why am I apologising? Why am I grovelling? Why am I assuming all of the guilt? Why am I not extolling my positives? Why am I submitting myself to the will of someone who so obviously thinks I'm inferior?
Why am I being told that anything I do in life isn't of my own making? Every gift I possess was given to me? Every thing I achieve was only possible because he was working through me? Every time I felt proud of myself, I should regret it, because I wasn't really responsible? Every time I do something that makes me feel happy, I should repent for it and confess to another fallible human being because I've embarrassed myself?
Absolute bullshit.