Reply #10: I am ex-catholic ...

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And I discarded terms like 'Sin', 'Redemption' and 'Grace' long ago ...

I realized that those who proclaimed their own faith AND performed worthy acts of brotherly love, were actually acting of a HUMANE impulse ...

It was Mother Teresa's HUMANITY that led her to India , IMO, NOT grace ....

As long as human's focus on invisible gods beyond the clouds, they ignore the pain underneath those clouds ...

'Grace' without humanity does nothing to alleviate the human condition ... Redemption by theology draws the eye from a human focus, and satiates ego at the cost of decent community ...

A theologically detached, all-inclusive humanism is a better solution to human brutality than well meaning but inward-looking creeds that focus on eschatological 'grace' at the expense of contemporary human suffering ...