I don't think Brooks realizes how BoBo he sounds in his claim to "numinous experiences." A desire for an "experience" is no reason to get religion: you can get that at all kinds of ersatz religions, say, kundalini yoga.
The separation of Religion and State was written into the Constitution in order to facilitate Religious Freedom.The minute a State Adopts a Religion is the end of Religious Freedom because their chosen State Religion will always rule from that point.The American Constitution has always seemed a beacon, written by forward thinking men who had seen what Religious power could do to a Country. Men who had fled to America to escape Religious Persecution in their Native Lands. Religion is an individual choice and should remain so.
It has always been amazing to me how many Americans are prepared to publicly align themselves with morally reprehensible (and also patently absurd) claims about the world.
I don't think Brooks realizes how BoBo he sounds in his claim to "numinous experiences." A desire for an "experience" is no reason to get religion: you can get that at all kinds of ersatz religions, say, kundalini yoga.
𝗛𝗼𝗹𝘆 𝗛𝘆𝗽𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘆: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗚𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺
𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿, 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗷𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝗷𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗡𝗮𝘇𝗮𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗵
https://patricemersault.substack.com/p/holy-hypocrisy-the-blasphemous-gospel
The separation of Religion and State was written into the Constitution in order to facilitate Religious Freedom.The minute a State Adopts a Religion is the end of Religious Freedom because their chosen State Religion will always rule from that point.The American Constitution has always seemed a beacon, written by forward thinking men who had seen what Religious power could do to a Country. Men who had fled to America to escape Religious Persecution in their Native Lands. Religion is an individual choice and should remain so.
It has always been amazing to me how many Americans are prepared to publicly align themselves with morally reprehensible (and also patently absurd) claims about the world.