Blind Guides.

Jesus was amazed at the blindness of the Priests.

He said to Nicodemus: "'Are you a teacher of Israel and yet you do not understand these things?'"  John 3:10 (NRSV)

And so we are amazed that the Priests of Jesus own Church do not know God.

How could this be?

It is because they are indoctrinated into the Orthodox Church view in college and this view is flawed.

They came out in a box and they cannot see outside of that box.

So they do not experience the fullness of God's Love.

They are full of fear.

Fear of sin, fear of sex, fear of punishment, fear of judgement, fear of hell.....

And they impose their fears on others.

Thus shutting them out of the Kingdom of God.

But God is Merciful.

God forgives.

He waits for us to realize.

To realize His unconditional Love.

But this will lead to conflict with those who will try to impose the Orthodox view of sin and punishment, of fear and guilt.

As Jesus discovered.

And this may lead to the cross.

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