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The Beauty of Flaws

Every spiritual tradition has em'. Flaws Flaws Flaws. But I'm grateful for them because the flaws make you look deeper. I really don't respect people who write off whole religions because of their flaws. It seems simple minded. You aren't going to find something perfect elsewhere. It's like people who get divorced because their partner is flawed. They get remarried thinking the new partner will be perfect and meet all their needs, but after time the cracks show. Love is only love when you can accept someone warts and all. And I don't really having a problem practicing a faith with flaws. I think the flaws make your practice more solid. If you can cling to the heart of faith, then you can deal with the flaws that arise. The people who believe their tradition is perfect sometimes fall away hardest when confronted with their faiths imperfection. I do have a problem with the claim that one faith is better than another. I don't really see what people