by Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914) through Anthony Borgia
The Church says that 'the dead' cannot come back, or would not come back if they could. They say, 'It is only devils that come back, who impersonate our own kindred, deceive us, and thus try to ruin us spiritually, so that we jeopardize our immortal souls.'
What arrant nonsense! The Church professes to have the spiritual care of man in its hands - and knows next to nothing about the matter at all.
The Church has become stupefied by its own fantastic doctrines and beliefs. It has become inflated by its own self-importance. It has become hypnotized by its own apparent security.
It has become absorbed in the details of dogma and doctrine and the outward displays of showy ritual. It has poured money into bricks and mortar because it really believes that the House of God warrants a lavish expenditure in art and architecture.
This may be justified only when all else is fully provided for - the poor people, for instance, for with the Father the needy come always first.
Because we see things in a clear light in the spirit world, we regard the Church on earth - and by Church I mean all those religious bodies who nominate themselves Christian - we regard the Church upon earth not as a help to man in his spiritual progression, but as a downright and deliberate hindrance. The Church is blocking the way to the diffusion of spiritual truth and knowledge throughout the earth world.
Facts, by Anthony Borgia
The Church says that 'the dead' cannot come back, or would not come back if they could. They say, 'It is only devils that come back, who impersonate our own kindred, deceive us, and thus try to ruin us spiritually, so that we jeopardize our immortal souls.'
What arrant nonsense! The Church professes to have the spiritual care of man in its hands - and knows next to nothing about the matter at all.
The Church has become stupefied by its own fantastic doctrines and beliefs. It has become inflated by its own self-importance. It has become hypnotized by its own apparent security.
It has become absorbed in the details of dogma and doctrine and the outward displays of showy ritual. It has poured money into bricks and mortar because it really believes that the House of God warrants a lavish expenditure in art and architecture.
This may be justified only when all else is fully provided for - the poor people, for instance, for with the Father the needy come always first.
Because we see things in a clear light in the spirit world, we regard the Church on earth - and by Church I mean all those religious bodies who nominate themselves Christian - we regard the Church upon earth not as a help to man in his spiritual progression, but as a downright and deliberate hindrance. The Church is blocking the way to the diffusion of spiritual truth and knowledge throughout the earth world.
Facts, by Anthony Borgia
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