/lit/ - Literature

>>10145464
>fulfilling your human purpose and communing with the Divine is a waste of time

By definition no.

>>10145472
While much of western christianity has lost or neglected spiritual exercises in favor of doctrine/apologetics and evangelism the eastern church is very much alive and invested in spiritual training, internal purification and self discipline, not only to overcome sin but also to attain the vision of the divine (theoria) and perhaps even union with Him (theosis). The eastern christianity is a liturgical religion and one of spiritual exercise.