Tag: religion

The ostensibly uplifting nature of the Christian doctrine of sin is something that perhaps has no parallel in other religions. It strikes at the heart of man and shows him the right way to compensate for his weaknesses, so that, knowing it, only the incurable arrogant and those who have not understood it can remain indifferent. The Satanist may reject it, and even dismantle it with arguments; but despite the firmness and indignation of his words, if he has the slightest bit of honesty left to look at himself and judge himself in the innermost recesses of his conscience, he will know that it speaks of no other man but himself, and the path it points to, despite the difficulty, is certainly the path to redemption.

Christianity is right when it recommends leniency in the face of mistakes, when it tells man not to allow himself to be trapped in the demonic clutches of remorse. Indeed, without such leniency, the burden of life becomes easily unbearable. But beyond that, the spirit allows itself to be impregnated with an unjustifiable pride, an inability to recognize its own fallibility, with which it cannot truly evolve.

Although Spiritism has certainly not yet succeeded in convincing the world of the phenomena it documents and explains with a remarkable wealth of detail, the fact that it has presented the world with some of the most virtuous personalities that have set foot on this earth in the last two centuries is a guarantee that it will endure. If not for the originality of the doctrine, if not for the curious exposition of the extraordinary, it is by example that it has already earned its place among the most solid and interesting religions on the planet.

An in-depth study of Western and Eastern religions shows that, each in its own way, they lead the spirit to reflect on essential questions. If we look at several of them and get to know their very high spokespeople, the hardest thing is to decide on one or the other, rather than both and all of them. Beyond convenience, however, it seems necessary to choose so that the practice is guided and reinforced by a tradition. It may be an arbitrary choice, but it results in a compromise that is almost always enriching.