RE: Of Snakes and Saints: Patrick's Legacy
Hello @carolkean! Thank you for your kind comments. 💕 I agree with your point re: Christianity offering a perspective of kindness that – like many other beacons of hope – was ruined by that human desire to seek supremacy over others. I have a lot of respect for Jesus' teachings, but as for the dreadful attitudes that have been espoused by some of his followers (both throughout history and in our own time) ... not so much. 🙈 There is great purity and truth in so many paths, but we have so often allowed those glimpses of hope to be obscured by greed, cruelty, the thirst for power over others ... the list goes on. I hope we will eventually get to a point where we can all express true love and kindness towards one another and towards nature. ❤️
Ditto that!
Things that sound good on paper rarely seem to work out well in real life. Like "turn the other cheek" and put others first, yourself last. Be meek, be humble, be generous. No matter who the prophet or what religion sprang up around him, the same corruption seems to occur. sigh But good people still exist, regardless of what set of beliefs they espouse!