Russel Brand is a Christian now

[Leo Gura]

6 minutes ago, Salvijus said:

Where did that come from, lol. 

I am not saying you are or aren't, I was just speaking hypothetically of what some other possibilities are.

Edited August 2 by Leo Gura

[Carl-Richard]

1 hour ago, Leo Gura said:

Show me one Christian who isn't a buffoon.

Rupert Sheldrake, although he is also "more" than that.

Edited August 2 by Carl-Richard

[Ayham]

1 hour ago, Leo Gura said:

The only people I see it create are fools.

Show me one Christian who isn't a buffoon.

Meister Eckhart?

[Leo Gura]

2 minutes ago, Carl-Richard said:

Rupert Sheldrake, although he is also "more" than that.

Is he really a Christian?

He prays to Jesus? He worships a human?

Edited August 2 by Leo Gura

[Nemra]

On 8/2/2024 at 3:03 PM, Salvijus said:

The burning will set you free if you but allow it. I'm actually helping you by stepping on places where your ego is stuck. That's why you feel the heat. 

Please, don't.

Edited August 3 by Nemra

[Ayham]

To be honest I don't see anything wrong with it. 

A religion can be understood from a stage blue perspective and up until the higher stages.

They are all different paths to god, you have mystics in all religions and traditions.

I grew up from a Muslim background but I left it for spirituality and now I'm finding my way back to mystic form of Islam, I don't like most Muslims because they take it as dogma and don't read in between the lines for the spiritual wisdom.

But it is really accelerating my path for me.

 

Christianity can be the same.

[Carl-Richard]

23 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

Is he really a Christian?

He prays to Jesus? He worships a human?

He is a "practising Anglican", meaning he goes to church and that's probably about it. He emphasizes the communal aspect of religious practice.

 

Edited August 2 by Carl-Richard

[AncestorOfAisle6]

In the last few years, Russell Brand has been moving more and more towards conspiracy theories and the political right, which has attracted a new conservative viewership.

I think he's aware of this and is pandering to this target audience by updating his persona from a new-age guru type to, I don't know, a more conservative type, with the cross necklace and the cowboy hat?

It seems pretty obvious what's going on here, much like what happened to JP Sears, also known as the 'Ultra Spiritual Guy'.

[Leo Gura]

@Carl-Richard So he treats Christianity as a social club.

Fine, but there's nothing intelligent about that.

[Leo Gura]

Russell Brand is the posterboy for audience capture.

[Carl-Richard]

6 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

@Carl-Richard So he treats Christianity as a social club.

Fine, but there's nothing intelligent about that.

A religious social club.

It's intelligent to not dismiss fundamental aspects of life as trivial 

Edited August 2 by Carl-Richard

[Recursoinominado]

1 minute ago, Leo Gura said:

@Carl-Richard So he treats Christianity as a social club.

I see so many entrepreneurs coming out as Christians nowadays that it is just networking and niching at this point.

[UnbornTao]

These acts don't mean much in my view.

Like changing shirts.

Edited August 2 by UnbornTao

[Leo Gura]

5 minutes ago, Carl-Richard said:

It's intelligent to not dismiss fundamental aspects of life as trivial 

It is intelligent to recognize social survival as survival and not any sort of spiritual progress.

Edited August 2 by Leo Gura

[Buck Edwards]

Is Russel Brand doing this to gain more popularity? 

[Carl-Richard]

3 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

It is intelligent to recognize social survival as survival and not any sort of spiritual progress.

We all need help on the path sometimes.

[Leo Gura]

6 minutes ago, Carl-Richard said:

We all need help on the path sometimes.

Agreed. Which is why I guide folks away from Christianity 

Edited August 2 by Leo Gura

[Schizophonia]

2 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

The only people I see it create are fools.

Show me one Christian who isn't a buffoon.

Because it's what you want to see.

[Leo Gura]

8 minutes ago, Schizophonia said:

Because it's what you want to see.

Or... if your standards for intelligence are low, a buffoon will appear to you as intelligent.

Edited August 2 by Leo Gura

[Schizophonia]

Just now, Leo Gura said:

Or I hold a much higher standard for intelligence than any human.

No, you are right.

I just wanted to say that I know extremely rational Christians, and that the Christian liturgy is still a relatively solid way to get closer to God, even if it seems too biased and therefore stupid for your level of consciousness for you to agree to play it.
I don't know if that makes sense.