June 29th Forum

As these things usually go, we began on topic, but that quickly generated more questions and discussion in a broader area. We began by talking about the fall of the first century church and how that piece of history is so often over looked by modern historians. most will point to Christianity as the protector of the free world and the holder of knowledge through the dark ages and some will even point to Martin Luther as the father of democracy. All of this could not be farther from the truth. the Fall of the Church, and the havoc that The Christian system then perpetrated on the civilized world set humanity back 1000 years. What we are left with is a devolving social system that claims some connection with “the Truth” that can not be turned around. all of this brings up the questions. What can be done? and-  How do we change the situation? once you look at that aspect, you have to look at “how can you change your self?”. Selfishness is the thing that killed the church to begin with (it was expressed in many ways, the primary one is the system of clergy/laity, and the failure to care for the widows and orphans in their own midst). How is selfishness overcome in the individual’s life? In what ways do self thoughts and actions hurt you? In what ways do your thoughts and actions hurt others? We all know that there are no utopias, but is it possible that there could be a new social order that could put an end to selfishness? it may even be able to acomplish what the early church set out to do…