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Originally Posted by DechanDawa
I have tried to return to the Roman Catholic Church - religion of my birth. All was going well until I woke up to the fact that....how, how, how can I be a part of that broken system? I already did this for over 20 years with Buddhism until I could no longer ignore the "issues" around sexual abuse within the community --- Why oh why can't I accept that patriarchy must END? And that means the systems need to be destroyed because no one from within is looking at huge revamping. I do like communal ritual but what now? A Wiccan CIrcle? I cannot see myself dancing naked in the moonlight with a bunch of female drummers. No disrespect intended. (I have done solo Wiccan Rituals.)
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DD,
Just a brief observation in re religions (as we’re discussing philosophies I’m hoping that small theologies won’t be banned).
Possible trigger:
Broken system and thinking of paedophilic: I was never abused, but from my near-decade as an alter-server (um, alter-boy back then!) I knew that there were some oddities. And, for 4-5 decades later, I was aware of the nature of these irregularities. I did not know the extent, though (no reason that I should not have spoken of the few abuses that I thought that I knew of). As I’ve said, I’ve had an on-again-off-again love-affair with nihilism since younger but I left the Church, principally, because I felt complicit and culpable in my continued participation in an institution that seeks to (or, even, sought to) engage in protecting the abuser rather than the children.
I love ritual, as well. I was a stickler for exacting orders of Rites.
Now that I’ve no guiding/guided liturgy, I’ve given in to the fruitful chaos of existence, maybe. I still dream of ringing the bells at elevation but, when awake, I ring my single bell only for the joy of the tingle-tingles.
I’m over ritual, now. I ceded my spots on diocesan liturgical committees decades ago!