Feb 24, 2018 • 19M

TDL103 The New Religion & The Righteous Menace

 
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Larry G. Maguire
The Sunday Letters Podcast is the weekly audio newsletter from organisational psychologist Larry Maguire on the meaning & purpose of daily work and our paradoxical relationship with it. We explore how we may break free from tiresome means-to-an-end labour and take command of their own working lives. Topics include solo working, careers, entrepreneurship, small business economics, society and culture. Content follows the written newsletter, which goes out to subscribers every Sunday.
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The New Religion & The Righteous Menace Read it here: https://larrygmaguire.com/new-religion/ There’s a new religion taking hold. In fact, there are many of them, lurking in the minds of righteous and well-meaning people. In my country, Ireland, the unobstructed march of the righteous, initially well-meaning in their pursuits, ultimately brought about the exact opposite to that which they preached. The Catholic church and their unconscious disciples held high the moral benchmark for society. So high, in fact, none of us could reach it. The Church ruled the state. Attention to religious doctrine dictated and drove policy with regard to everything from schooling to healthcare and beyond. No corner of surface level Irish society could escape their insidious influence. Things have certainly changed for the better but a hangover remains. Many adults who were on the receiving end of the church’s moral guidance still suffer. These days in the vacuum it seems there exists a new religi --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sunday-letters/message