When the Catholic describes the "mystical body of Christ," they are worshiping a false idol, a golden calf, an idea that is no different from Capitalism or Communism, Liberalism or Conservatism, Atheism or Scientism, or any number of other isms. They do this, because they have been seduced with the apple of an idea, that by falling in love with an image of their perfect-selves, they can become a "superman:" and like God, live forever.
This lie began with a process of divide and conquer, atomize and control. It also began by convincing people that each and every person had their own personal soul. That soul, like their very own car, computer, house, bank account, and everything else that "they" own and is solely theirs, and for which they alone are entirely responsible and answerable for when they die, is a complete rejection of the idea of any "mystical body of Christ" in practice, by all those who do little more than worship such an idea in theory. And mostly because they have deliberately been taught to conflate the two by those who claim to be the infallible mouthpiece of God.
That atomizing, it should be noted, is not only used by advertisers to target potential customers for the "love of money" called the profit motive, as well as controlling political opinions about everything, but it is also the very cause of family breakdown, increasing divorce rates, crimes, economic inequality, and virtually every other social ill the world is suffering from.
It is an idea, in other words, that sits on the head of humanity like a crown of thorns, and nails the whole "mystical body of Christ" to a cross of iron, that each of us willingly exchanges for 30 pieces of silver.
"Christ," in this sense, is simply a Charles Manson or JFK, a Jim Jones or a Joel Osteen.
By this I simply mean that the "Christ" the Christian worships is the very opposite of the Christ referred to in 'the mystical body of Christ.' So what's the difference?
The "Christ" person is a character in a story, like Hamlet or even Moses or Noah. That person may be a real person in historical fact, much like Moses and Noah probably were, but the mythology that has grown up around this historical character, is now worshiped as if people's eternal souls depend upon it. For that is exactly the lie people are convinced of every day by their priests and their pastors.
Christ was a man, who became a metaphor, and that metaphor became a messiah that was worth more than any facts. And the atheists, who know that no metaphor or messiah is greater than the facts, rightfully rejects such blind faith, for they know a lie when they see one.
The "mystical body of Christ," on the other hand, needs to be parsed out a bit, for while it is a metaphor, it is so only as the story of every single human being's life. Even if Christ is a purely fictional character, in other words, the story of suffering and betrayal, of standing up to those who claim divine power and authority, is a truth that resonates in the experience of every single human being, like cells vibrating together in a single body, or threads in a seamless garment.
The Christ in this phrase, then, is not simply the man called Jesus, nor is it the legend of "the Christ" that has seduced people for two thousand years, like the fruit of the vine pulled from the tree upon which it hung (for our salvation, no less), and sold to us by every serpent that ever slithered in and out of a temple of money changers.
No, the Christ that is "mystical," is both the embodiment of humanity as a whole, and the ideal of what that humanity operating with a single soul can accomplish. That single soul is how the hand knows and cares about what the foot is doing, every bit as much as it cares about the ears and the hairs on its chinny-chin-chin.
But by convincing people they are all here to serve the law, despite Jesus telling them this was wrong, they find reasons to hate or judge all those who fail to do so, out of what they tell themselves is a "love of God." The "God" they love, however, is simply the one they have concocted (with a lot of help) in their mind, which is why it always so closely resembles their own "beliefs" and ideas of what God is, and is not.
This lie began with a process of divide and conquer, atomize and control. It also began by convincing people that each and every person had their own personal soul. That soul, like their very own car, computer, house, bank account, and everything else that "they" own and is solely theirs, and for which they alone are entirely responsible and answerable for when they die, is a complete rejection of the idea of any "mystical body of Christ" in practice, by all those who do little more than worship such an idea in theory. And mostly because they have deliberately been taught to conflate the two by those who claim to be the infallible mouthpiece of God.
That atomizing, it should be noted, is not only used by advertisers to target potential customers for the "love of money" called the profit motive, as well as controlling political opinions about everything, but it is also the very cause of family breakdown, increasing divorce rates, crimes, economic inequality, and virtually every other social ill the world is suffering from.
It is an idea, in other words, that sits on the head of humanity like a crown of thorns, and nails the whole "mystical body of Christ" to a cross of iron, that each of us willingly exchanges for 30 pieces of silver.
"Christ," in this sense, is simply a Charles Manson or JFK, a Jim Jones or a Joel Osteen.
By this I simply mean that the "Christ" the Christian worships is the very opposite of the Christ referred to in 'the mystical body of Christ.' So what's the difference?
The "Christ" person is a character in a story, like Hamlet or even Moses or Noah. That person may be a real person in historical fact, much like Moses and Noah probably were, but the mythology that has grown up around this historical character, is now worshiped as if people's eternal souls depend upon it. For that is exactly the lie people are convinced of every day by their priests and their pastors.
Christ was a man, who became a metaphor, and that metaphor became a messiah that was worth more than any facts. And the atheists, who know that no metaphor or messiah is greater than the facts, rightfully rejects such blind faith, for they know a lie when they see one.
The "mystical body of Christ," on the other hand, needs to be parsed out a bit, for while it is a metaphor, it is so only as the story of every single human being's life. Even if Christ is a purely fictional character, in other words, the story of suffering and betrayal, of standing up to those who claim divine power and authority, is a truth that resonates in the experience of every single human being, like cells vibrating together in a single body, or threads in a seamless garment.
The Christ in this phrase, then, is not simply the man called Jesus, nor is it the legend of "the Christ" that has seduced people for two thousand years, like the fruit of the vine pulled from the tree upon which it hung (for our salvation, no less), and sold to us by every serpent that ever slithered in and out of a temple of money changers.
No, the Christ that is "mystical," is both the embodiment of humanity as a whole, and the ideal of what that humanity operating with a single soul can accomplish. That single soul is how the hand knows and cares about what the foot is doing, every bit as much as it cares about the ears and the hairs on its chinny-chin-chin.
But by convincing people they are all here to serve the law, despite Jesus telling them this was wrong, they find reasons to hate or judge all those who fail to do so, out of what they tell themselves is a "love of God." The "God" they love, however, is simply the one they have concocted (with a lot of help) in their mind, which is why it always so closely resembles their own "beliefs" and ideas of what God is, and is not.
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