Church Corporate to close July 17
The work here is done.
Forgiveness?
The following picture is from Stargate The Ark of Truth DVD extracted from http://www.gateworld.net/movies/02.shtml copyright 2008 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Tomin has just realized he has done great evil to others in the name of his gods. Teal'c explains his own perspective on the harm he did in the name of his gods. The dialog from this scene follows.
(Teal's and Tomin are on board the Odyssey in the cafeteria).
Teal'c: Nothing I have done since turning against the Goa'uld would make up for the atrocities I once committed in their name. Somewhere deep inside you, you knew it was wrong, a voice you did not recognize screamed for you to stop. You saw no way out it was the way things were and they cannot be changed you try to convince yourself that the people you were hurting deserved it. You became numb to their pain and suffering. You learned to shut out the voice speaking against it.
Tomin: There's always a choice.
Teal'c: Indeed there is.
Tomin: I chose to ignore it.
Teal'c: Yet you sit here now.
Tomin: I sit here, and I cannot imagine the day that I will forgive myself.
Teal'c: Because it will never come.... One day others may try to convince you they have forgiven you, but that is more about them than you. For them imparting forgiveness is a blessing.
Tomin: How do you go on?
Teal'c: It is simple; you will never forgive yourself, accept it! You hurt others -- many others -- that cannot be undone. You will never find personal retribution, but your life does not have to end. That which is right just and true can still prevail. If you do not fight for what you believe in, all may be lost for everyone else. But do not fight for yourself, fight for others, others that may be saved through your effort. That is the least you can do.
Cult Leaders
Cult leaders need to consider the harm they have done to others. The evil of false prophets in the name of their gods will live on long after they are gone.
Instead of the realization of what they have done, they live in denial. They forgive themselves. They live with their conscience seared and dead.
You can neither follow them nor help them.
Leave them.
