religion seems to be one of the best places for evil to survive.
we watched the da vinci code last night. i was appalled and disgusted by the self-flagellation practiced by 'the bad guy' and thought maybe i'd spend just a few minutes looking up about opus dei.
this site told a bit of the history and confirmed that the self-mutilation is part of their beliefs. reading about the organization (and levels one can advance through) reminded me a bit of the moonies which were so visual back in the 70's. this site presented opus dei information in a little different way.
i guess my thought is that if an organization needs secrecy, deprivation, strictures, etc. to keep people in line and faithful, it probably isn't a good thing and nothing i'd want to be a part of. maybe i've overlooked a good one with those practices though -- if you think of one, tell me.
p.s. moonies are the unification church which is not to be confused with the unitarian church or the unity church.
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I watched a show on history channel about this group and they said that the movie has portrayed them in extreme light and that the group was offended by the movie--lly
ReplyDeleteThe whole movie was not based on any real facts.