RE: What is the Point of Believing in God Without Religion?
January 4, 2017 at 9:34 am
(This post was last modified: January 4, 2017 at 9:36 am by Drich.)
(January 3, 2017 at 6:28 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: Like the religions about Jesus vs the religion of Jesus ?
Well yes.
Religions of Jesus can literally do anything in the name of God it wants. (and has done so) Open you History books, and look at 2000 years of what church 'history' can assimilate into what it deems a righteous religion. Or how it determines God's will, without any biblical support or precedent. Look at the Dark ages, look at the inquisition, or the crusades... Look at how hertics were treated. None of these behaivors were ever modeled by Christ. This was all the business of worshiping the church not Christ himself. The first time the church schismed from the teachings of Christ (Such as turn the other cheek rather than torture someone who sinned against the church, That religion stopped being about Jesus.
Look again at what Judaism had become in the time of Christ and they had a very comprehensive list. Things to follow and worship. But, by the time Christ had arrived it had become so perverse that He/Christ spent most of His time railing against the most holy men of his day. This perversion of Religion is just something we all do.
(January 3, 2017 at 6:30 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:(January 3, 2017 at 2:28 pm)Rhondazvous Wrote: We have these people going around talking about they believe in god but not organized religion. What's the point? If god merely exists but is unable or unwilling to play a part in human affairs what difference does it make if we believe in him or not? Mere belief without a call to action has no virtue.
It means they have even less to do with regard to religion. No books to read, no "good deeds" done in "God's" name, no services to attend, no tithes to pay.
One step from me.
sorry sport no. All of those things are modeled in scripture by Christ, so a worship of Christ would indeed include good works. As far as 'reading' is concerned for me it has doubbled if not trippled over the years to ensure I am on the path the bible lays out.