> IMHO it is not the religion which corrupts the soul (most religions
are
> initially very idealistic, peacefull, etc) but rather the other way
> round: the soul finds aspects in the religion (any religion will do)
to
> legitimate its corrupted side. And soon (often within 1 generation)
the
> religion itself is corrupted, or at least intermingled with what its
> founder(s) hated most.

I'd agree with that. 
Most every religion I've looked at has the same core beliefs, in that
one should be nice to other people, live and let live, etc.  
Then the other stuff gets piled on, and that eminently abusable
structure sucks in an abusive leader, and there you are.

That's one reason I'm really liking HAI. It's about as non-abusable a
structure as you could imagine.  Level four sounds particularly
interesting: "Integrating Sexuality and Spirituality"





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