You know sometimes I wish I had a religion that made you not feel guilty. Like Catholics. From what I understand if they do something wrong they just get to ask a priest to forgive them then they get instant forgiveness and they don't have to wonder for the rest of their lives if they are going to be forgiven. I know there are rules (when aren't there rules) but mostly that's it. Heck that's the way it was in my little Baptist church except you cut out the middle man and asked God.
It kind of sucks that now I'm not sure if God will forgive me for things, even when I'm not sure if what I've done is wrong but I still feel bad. You know, like when you upset someone you really didn't want to upset or you let a friend down? You say the wrong thing when you were really trying to say the right thing...maybe that only happens to me.
I like the philosophy of the religions that say to let go of things like guilt and live in the now...wish I could do it more effectively.
Taoist philosophy...take the least resistant path..be like water... but how does that help with my guilt?!
2 comments:
Become a Hindu. They don't have guilt. It's interesting the implications that Catholics don't have guilt, especially since they have traditionally been ridiculed as a sect based entirely on guilt.
I think Catholics may feel guilty when they do things 'wrong' but they have the easiest out. I'll look into the Hindu angle ;)
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