Established religion must adapt to revolution
or become irrelevant
for, authentic religion: resonates with people
consoles them in their suffering
answers their existential questions
and changes with the culture
without changing its own sacred core
this is what the Second Vatican Council (1962-65) did
Gaudium et Spes, a document of the Council
said that “All the faithful possess a freedom
of inquiry/thought/expression, freedom of the mind
in matters in which they have competence”
thus throwing the Vatican door wide open
to Catholic scholarly and intellectual freedom
however, scientists who
since the so-called “Enlightenment”
chose as their spirituality “scientism” –
the faith that only science has all the answers –
which is ironically not provable scientifically –
these scientists could not brook other spiritualities
and totally repressed them
zealots of any spirituality, including scientism
do not clear their heart
they try to clear the world –
to hate and get rid of anyone who is not of their tribe –
and the tribe is simply the ego writ large
on the other hand, traditionalism can give religious tradition
a bad name – many people have abandoned religion
because of traditionalists stuck in the past –
God is a God of the living and the NOW
moreover, the media only recognizes spirituality
as pre-rational and puts trans-rational religion –
religion which transcends the limits of rationality –
into the same garbage pail
as the traditionalists and pre-rationalists
religious faith is only a problem when it sees itself
as a means to an end such as heaven
since true faith is its own end
and means you are in heaven NOW.