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Originally Posted by Buddahaid
The catholic church and all Christianity, is geared toward ensuring your afterlife in heaven, not easing your earthly burdens. That is the reason for self denial and self-inflicted pain amongst certain monks. By suffering on earth you reap the rewards of heaven.
Not my cup of tea, but bearing that in mind allows some understanding of the motives.
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Oh, I poerfectly understand their claims of why they do what they do. It's jujst that I never believed them that the church hierarchy meant that honest and serious. It's all abvout power-politics.