"THE RISE OF SPIRITUALITY AND FALL OF DOGMA" <Abf@YG.com> wrote in message
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THE RISE OF SPIRITUALITY AND FALL OF DOGMA
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"What is dogma? Dogma is a preconceived idea which forbids human
beings to outstep the limits of that idea or object. In this
situation the human intellect cannot freely function. Some people
say, "All right, we may not get the maximum utilization of our
intellect, yet we can have at least ten to twenty percent of its
services." My considered opinion is that where there is dogma, even
ten to twenty percent of the human intellect cannot be properly
utilized; and the meagre amount of intellect used is not something
worthwhile. The greatest treasure of human beings is their psychic
faculty, or their intellect. When I cannot utilize this precious
intellect to its fullest advantage -- what more tragic situation
could there be than this! So we need the liberation of the human
mind, and even before this we need the liberation of the human
intellect.
Let me further explain what dogma is. Suppose the intellect wants to
follow a particular path; in the meantime dogma comes from all sides
and forbids it, "Oh no, no! Don't take a single step further on that
side. If you do, you'll be burnt in eternal hell-fire. You'll be
doomed to hell for eternity." When the intellect wants to make the
fullest utilization of mundane wealth, dogma comes in and says, as
it were, "Oh no -- you must not do it. It is harmful for human
beings, it is sheer blasphemy. It will lead to the degradation of
humanity."" (LIBERATION FROM STATICITY, NEOHUMANISM IN A NUTSHELL 1,
A Few Problems Solved Part 4, 28 January 1980)
That's a lot of condemnation heaped upon the heads of parents, who
demand their children refrain from having random sex, or take drugs or
engage in other dangerous behaviour, for they might get sick and/or die from
it.
It's pure dogma. People like you would advocate we reject dogma and all
try it and see for ourselves. If you don't get sick or die, you know your
parents were lying to you, and therefore they were just using you for their
power-trip over you. However if you do get infected, then you know they were
honest, meant well, were concerned about you, loved you and didn't want you
to come to any harm, which will be of great comfort to you, while you slowly
and painfully waste away and die.
Pastor Frank
Gen 3:22-23 And the Lord God said: Behold, the man is become as one of us,
to know good from evil. And now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also
from the tree of life, and eat and live for ever, I will drive out the man
from the garden of Eden, to till the land from which he was taken.
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