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EPISODE · Feb 3, 2024 · 6 MIN

Our Overlords, The Catholic Church

from Weaver of My Web · host Erika Ryles - The Master Fire Weaver

For centuries, the Catholic Church hasn’t just shaped belief. It has engineered obedience. Its influence didn’t stop at altars and pews. It crept into governments, laws, bedrooms, wombs, and minds, including those who never consented to its authority. This wasn’t spiritual guidance. It was control wrapped in holy language.Religion, at its core, is meant to help humans understand existence, navigate suffering, and evolve with integrity. It’s supposed to liberate the soul, not terrorize it. But when belief systems are weaponized — when fear replaces faith and obedience replaces discernment — spirituality rots from the inside out.The Church’s early expansion was not peaceful. Conversion was often enforced at the edge of a sword. Those who refused were erased. Later, dissenters (especially women with knowledge, intuition, or non-sanctioned spiritual practices) were hunted, tortured, and burned as witches. Independent thought was framed as heresy. Curiosity became a crime.Fast forward to modern times and the posture hasn’t changed, just the packaging. Other belief systems are still treated as inferior or dangerous, even when they honor the same Source under different names. Call God by another name and suddenly you’re a threat. Point out that Genesis 1:26 explicitly speaks in plural: “Let Us create man in Our image,” and watch the discomfort spike. Equality destabilizes hierarchies built on domination.This is where performative righteousness thrives. “Wokeness” is mocked, not because it’s ignorant, but because awareness threatens power. Staying asleep is easier than confronting the lie that spiritual authority was outsourced to institutions that benefit from ignorance. So humanity stagnates — obedient, divided, and emotionally medieval.Then there’s the symbolism no one wants to interrogate. Churches adorned with gargoyles, demons, and grotesque figures under the excuse of “temptation” and “moral struggle.” If the goal is divine peace, why is the architecture obsessed with darkness? Why is fear carved into stone while love is reduced to sermons?Now, let’s talk exorcism. You don’t learn how to expel entities without studying them. That knowledge didn’t come from heaven. Latin prayers function as incantations. No different in structure from chants, spells, or the Book of Psalms, itself. Some invoke praise. Others invoke power. Denying this doesn’t make it less true; it just makes the denial convenient.Historical anomalies don’t help the Church’s credibility either. Missing artifacts. Disappearing bones. Entire chapters of human history quietly shelved. If truth is divine, why is it so aggressively hidden?Here’s the uncomfortable reality: the Devil doesn’t need to rule openly. Lies work better when humans spread them willingly. Institutions don’t have to corrupt souls directly. They just open the door. People walk through it themselves, convinced they’re being saved.This episode isn’t about blind rebellion. It’s about discernment. If you’re going to believe, believe consciously. Question everything, especially the structures that demand your silence in exchange for salvation. Because spiritual evolution doesn’t happen through obedience. It happens through truth, even when that truth burns.Connect With E Here!Support the showAlways remember, you are needed & you are loved! Bring your best & highest you to every table. Check out my book & website on how to get there! If you like the info you're receiving, share or donate so I can keep coming harder...and with better sound.Book: Bit.ly/WhogivesafSocial Media & web: @weaverofmywebwww.weaverofmyweb.com

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For centuries, the Catholic Church hasn’t just shaped belief. It has engineered obedience. Its influence didn’t stop at altars and pews. It crept into governments, laws, bedrooms, wombs, and minds, including those who never consented to its authority. This wasn’t spiritual guidance. It was control wrapped in holy language. Religion, at its core, is meant to help humans understand existence, navigate suffering, and evolve with integrity. It’s supposed to liberate the soul, not terrorize it. Bu...

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