Organized Religion In General...

I have always been opposed to organized religion. It doesn't really make sense to me. Why do we need rules and regulations set in place for us by men who commit the same crimes they preach against? How can one earthly man have a closer connection to God than I do? I suppose those are extreme questions, but they are all strengthened by the opening subjects in Heaven and Hell. The aspects of hypnosis are there in the traditional catholic mass. Huxley shows them to us in a way that makes it impossible to dispute. It is common knowledge that many of the catholic traditions are adapted traditions of other religions/cultures. Huxley shows us that the altered state of consciousness is no different. The question is: are they conscious of the other consciousness? Do they set the church up in this way purposefully to lull us into an altered state of consciousness? Is it simply another borrowed tradition, or is it brainwashing?



Brainwashing... that sounds so vindictive, but I can't help but think it sometimes. Am I the only one that sees this extreme? The catholic church has become an enterprise, a corporation.



I went to a catholic school until 7th grade, Sacred Heart to be exact. My last year at the school, they shut down the church for remodeling. The church was beautiful to begin with, but they began bringing in imported marble, gold statues, and gold altar furniture.

In the actual school (directly across the street from the church), the tiles would literally pop off the floor if you stepped on them the wrong way. My gym teacher was my art, music, and library teacher. They shut down the school for good not long after the reopening of the church.



What does that show? They cared more about the appearance of their church than the education of their children. They would rather adorn the church walls with gold and marble than continue educating their children with catholic values.