From: <CEvans1950@aol.com>
Hello,
This is a letter I wrote at the viewer feedback page of EWTN.... an all
Catholic network on cable. Their address is: http://www.ewtn.com/
The more I see of Catholicism the more I want to wretch at the thought of
folks and their kids being subjected to the psychological abuse they mete out
under the guise of religion.
Watch "Mother Angelica" a few times.... you'll see a petty, nasty
woman who tries to sugar-coat her nastiness with smarmy, self-righteous
condescension.
I was amazed when the friend (who I refer to in the signature) and her Deacon
were all aglow with joyous awe at this deluded old woman and her sugar-coated-
bitchiness. I hate to keep using the same term but she is just plain NASTY...
there is no better term!
These two did not detect the thinly-veiled judgmental nastiness at all and
instead were transfixed by the fact she wears a habit (I guess)....they were
blind and deaf to the transparently negative spirit and deluded content of her
ramblings.
It was as chilling as any science-fiction/TwllightZone/horror show I have
ever seen. They may as well have been replaced by their pod-hatched doubles
when they were in the grip of their psychotic-style delusions; be it the
viewing of EWTN or indulging in their bizarre cult rituals (my friend is a
shut in and the Deacon came to perform weekly rituals as well as visit
occasionally other times)
Sincerely,
To: viewer@ewtn.com
Dear Reader,
As I was growing up in America's only majority Catholic state I lived in a
rural area where few Catholics resided. I knew few but considered Catholicism
"just another Church" and therefore worthy of respect.
As I've lived my life and been more intimately acquainted with the Church and
its teachings I have become more and more disenchanted with it. I was willing
to listen, studied under the tutelage of a Deacon of the Church who regularly
visited a disabled friend of mine and the more I saw of it the more clear it
was that it is but a sad medieval superstition, no more valid than the many
1-900-PSYCHIC hot lines we see advertised.
I see appalling superstition, corruption, self-delusion and a
"faith" that can readily be termed a childhood-conditioned
cult-belief that results in a lifelong psychological problems more being
than any serious form of religion.
I watched "Mother Angelica" with my disabled friend many times and
see a bitter disappointed old woman who has lost touch with reality and hopes
to infuse her own nasty views with the supposed aura of Godliness.
I welcome your broadcasts so that those who felt as I did in my early life
can see the emptiness, pettiness and poverty-of-values that you so proudly
and foolishly display to the world.
Is it any wonder that church membership drops annually as this silly, sad,
pitiful madhouse of smoke-and-mirrors is exposed to the light of day?
Please do not stop your broadcasts.... you are performing a valuable public
service... though not the one you think you perform.
Should you, dear Reader, ever seek to exit the madhouse please feel free to
write... I will welcome you back to reality with open arms.
Sincerely,
(One Who Grieves For A Friend Who Is Now Under A Life Sentence Of Neuro-
Psychiatric Care Courtesy of Catholicism's Insane Influence)
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 16:19:25 EDT
Caroline
Subject: Amazing
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 15:10:55 EDT
Caroline