Holden,
Thank you for your words. I hope you are better now.
Yes, there are minority religions here. We have the Russian Orthodox Church whose Patriarch came last year. There is also an Anglican church whose services are in English. The Mennonites have their own churches in the Chaco Region and we have many evangelical churches. We have the Jehova´s Witnesses, the Mormons, the Lutherans church. In 1992 the new Constitution abolished all kinds of financial support by the state for the Catholic Church. As far as I know there is almost no problem with these evangelical churches regarding political or religious persecution. I remember last year the Catholic bishops complained about a Masonic lodge here. Of course the Freemasons are a different matter.
I say almost no problem because from time to time the mass media reports cases where pastors or priests are denounced for sexual harassment or problems with their schools.
I do not belong to any denomination or church or temple. My parents were Catholic but they becane members of a Spiritualist organization named Escuela Científica Basilio here.
I understand the reasons you are being attacked. From what you have written you are seen as a misfit or defective. It is
not your fault, in my view, because you have an active and curious mind. I can say that you are hero but the word hero means that existence is horrible.
Sometimes I picture you as a doctor who has already given his diagnosis and the diagnosis is that life is a punishment. This truth hurts. The good doctor Holden has carefully observed the patient(s) and the symptons. The medication, well, the easiest or the most difficult depending on the patient(s), is going to a cave and meditate. Of course there are other kinds of medication such as reading Schopenhauer, Cioran, Benatar, Caraco, Hentrich,etc,etc.
At least 50 people? Probably there are more who would like to see you drown in th Ganges. I must be in a black list too. It is part of life. I admit I woud like to get rid of many people as well. Like any human being I want blood like Dracula. But I have to hide and smile because I have been tamed by the system and their laws.
You see, in my view, we are the evil present. In my view modern men and women too seek evil in a different way. Here we do not have these games but in other countries there is simulated murder as a game with toy guns. Then you have these famous boxers whose job, as the gladiators in Rome, is to give some thrill to the people.That shows that we are designed for harming our fellow human beings. Human beings are sadistic creatures who enjoy conquering, destroying, torturing, and dominating others. We are predators. To turn the other cheek, as Jesus said, is not in the DNA.
Businesspeople hurt others with their display of wealth. I also would like to hurt many with wealth and violence. Businesspeople do more harm than dictators and tyrants.
Of course as, you know, violence is like a drug and that is the reason we have so many movies that influence our behavior. Ever saw kung-fu fighter Bruce Lee? I wanted to beat some of my classmates with nunchakus until they bled. I would like to have Mike Tyson with as a bodyguard.
On the other hand, as you also know, our brain produces these so-called chemicals that makes us feel good, i.e. dopamine and serotonin. Violence is pleasant. Maybe you saw Clint Eastwood using his powerful Magnum .44 in the movies. Or a newer version Timothy Oliphant in Hitman. That is the way many would like to feel with a gun. Invincible and angry.
Lovecraft had weaknesses like all of us. Women are the trap. They follow their programming. I am sure many men say yes to the wedding because they just want to break the pipe and the way to the bedroom is through matrimony. Then later they regret havind done but it is too late. Unwanted babies come and the suffering continues. In short, men and women are just tools for fattening this laboratory farm.
I do not want to be born again. We have been kidnapped and placed in this prison farm.
Take care.