(May 20, 2013 at 7:11 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: Fun fact: I've heard no less a religious figure than Jack Chick claim this.Let's look at the Biblical definition of religion and relationship. The example given of religion by Jesus is following a set of rules that become a prison in themselves.
I've heard this from other people, but under no circumstances did any of them actually define religion. Although, given that they usually define "relationship with Christ" as being in opposition to "religion," I should probably mention that, when I took world religion courses, they defined religion as "one's relationship with one's understanding of the divine."
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relationship is exampled by using the term brother or sister. We all understand that relationship. There is a freedom in that relationship. So if you are free why do you need to go to church. Anyone of you going to your families homes and visiting your brothers and sisters? Do you talk to your family?
If you refused to talk to or visit your family would you be able to say that you had a real relationship with them? Just think about that.
