This essay is porn.
I’m writing this with rage and feeling anxious, and I hope it makes you anxious too. Anxiety is a fundamental aspect of our humanity—it’s your humanity shouting back at you. Your anxiety stems from your ideals, the very ideals that create the anxiety in the first place. The same can be said about rage.
Your anxiety is what your ideals deny because the ideals are the Thing that creates the anxiety. It’s the Thing that creates the voice of your anxiety—and rage.
Shelving that though…
PRIESTS
Before we explore the role of priests, let’s consider the broader landscape of religion. Religion, in its many forms, isn’t confined to ancient texts or traditional worship spaces. It extends into modern groups and internet communities, where it serves as a framework for collective belief and behavior. This phenomenon begs the question: Do we wish to adopt the prevalent modes of thinking? Well…the most widely known modes of thought will be simplified for mass consumption. Always.
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