A few days ago I got the There Be Dragons movie from my Netflix queue. I don't know when I put it in my queue but the coincidence of learning about Opus Dei thanks to Rick Santurum's bizarre catholicism beliefs and preachings, and through many inciteful, eye-opening diraies on dkos, and then watching a movie of the actual roots of the Opus Dei mantra was kind of neat.
As most things religious, Opus Dei started out nice enough, as portrayed in the movie, but man, religion sure finds a way to end up twisted and corrupted and harmful and opposite when other ulterior motive driven people get ahold of it, as is clearly the case with the now Catholic-evangelical, 7 Mountains propaganda Opus Dei group.
I know the old-school catholics are feeling blind-sided by this sudden evil taint or twisted side of catholicism that is now being spouted by Santorum, Newt, many GOP governors and Congress members and the POPE, and having once been catholic, I have a sense of how awful it feels. Like being scammed, duped, used and abused.
Well, money and control are the obvious corrupters. The Pope and catholic church has been deluged by multiple lawsuits due to their horrendous trying to cover up and Hide so many perverted Pedophile Priests etc. So it seeems they've hooked up with other large religious groups, kind of like a business conglomerate merger to save their asses.
Funny how so many once another religion, now converted to catholic, politicians, media-types, business moguls have joined the ranks to take over the U.S. Government and then, I'm sure, the rest of the world. The Dominationists. The 7 Mountains. Opus Dei.
They say for God's Sake, but it really is for their own greed, control and power.
Now, those who profess to be good christians in the best of sense probably have to choose to keep following the now corrupted big religious group or fight it or change it.
I wish I had more faith and trust that the correct choice will be made by those who choose to follow such groups.
If you can't do it for yourself, please do it for the women, the children, for real humanity, please.