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.
๐๐ผ๐น๐ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐: ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฝ๐ต๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐น ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐บ
๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ท๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ท๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ต
https://patricemersault.substack.com/p/holy-hypocrisy-the-blasphemous-gospel
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.