RELIGION AND PEACE
When talking about values, on the page Values and peace, the issue of death was mentioned, which finally refers us to that of religion, and specifically to that of our religion.
Today, at last, the right to
religious freedom is increasingly recognized,
that is, the right of every person to have the religion that
sincerely seems true to them, even if
they may be mistaken,
as long as the public order is not altered . And that's because we
all have the right to go through the field of error in our sincere
search for truth. Otherwise, and being fallible, as we are, we
would not really have the right to seek the truth.
An
immediate consequence of the right to religious freedom is the
right to change religion. Converts
have experienced the importance of these rights in living flesh,
because if we did not have them, our conversion would not have
been feasible, legitimate, or ethical. There are religions, and
also movements or ideologies that seek to make sense of our life
and solve or deal with the problem of death in some way. We have
a varying range, from very structured
religions, such as Christianity, to
agnostic or atheistic ideologies.
Normally,
we grow in the religion of our parents or guardians; but there are
usually times in our lives, perhaps in our advanced adolescence,
when we question many of the things that have been taught
to us or that are accustomed in the society we
live in. It is usual for oneself
to reaffirm in the religion or ideology that one was
previously raised in,
but occasionally, and in this
time with more frequency, questions, revisions and approaches
arise that end in a change of ideology, and even of religion.
There
are those who opt for a very personal, very individual form of
religiosity or spirituality, in which they directly address God or
some superior being, as they understand it, and it is usual that
they have to face the problem of the silence of such divinity. The
normal thing is to opt for a group, social religiosity, in which
there are writings accepted as sacred,
priests or ministers, services, rites, worship, and so on. And
then there is the contrast between the sacredness of that
religiosity and the human failures of its participants, especially
those who are clothed with religious authority, such as priests,
ministers, gurus, and so on.
Such
contrasts also occur in the Christian religion, in all its
denominations, whether they are Catholic, Orthodox or those
derived from the Reformation, also called Protestants. In this
site or portal, as its name suggests, we will address this problem
especially in relation to the Christian religion, and mainly in
the Catholic Church. The more a religion or church claims to be
the true one, or even the only true one, the stronger the
contrasts of the human failures of its members and their
authorities are presented. And it is very important to find the
right way to solve or handle these problematic contrasts.
The
problem of such contrasts has always existed, but it has been
attempted to have great discretion in this regard, to the
extent possible, as is usually done in all
societies and groups. And for this, we
have tried to see these human failures as a thing of people's
private life, which does not have to be made public knowledge. But
today, with the modern mass media, it is thought that the public
has the right to know many things that were previously ignored.
And so, and in combination with how
scandalous and sensationalist the media
usually is, such human failures, even and
especially those of the authorities, have come to light, have been
uncovered. As for the media,
scandal means news, it
gives them rating and economic benefits. Consequentially,
they have made known and exaggerated the
failures of
authorities
of various religions, mainly
those of the Catholic Church.
In
such circumstances, many of the faithful
have felt betrayed or deceived and were angry with the Church and
even with God. In the past the faithful
were rather angry with themselves, mainly due
perhaps to not knowing well how to
handle our common condition as sinners.
In relation to all this problem, some articles are offered in the submenu on the left.
Finally, once again we return to the same thing: little by little serious errors have been established, also in the field of our religion. It is necessary to discover these errors and try to correct them. We must do it initially at least as far as we are concerned, otherwise it will be difficult to carry out the due ensemble that will allow us to achieve peace.
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This website seeks peace, first personal and then social. It tries to discover and correct the mistakes that have been established in the main aspects of our lives: politics, morals, values, religion, etc. This can be seen as something aggressive, without actually being so. It's important to read with a broad mind and without prejudice, with a critical and constructive attitude.