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Stinking Thinking and the Church
A
few months ago a very dear friend wrote me a letter that deeply touched my
heart. It saddened me to know that there
are so many people across this great land that we call a Christian nation who
may have the same belief system. I will
repost the letter and my response here.
Dear
Bobbie
This
is where I'm coming from, Bobbie. I am a spiritual person...not a religious
one. There is a very clear difference. I don't really give two hoots about
religion, which at its core, is a man-(male)made contrivance. I believe this is
why all religion(s) has ever done is create conflict, cause pain, war and give
some the idea that their way is the only way, so its okay to persecute and
torture those that believe differently.
And
my response:
Dear
xxxxxxxxx
I
agree that religion has caused so much trouble in the world. Religious heretics
have brought so much destruction to the world in the name of religion. Roman chapter 1: 21-23 tells us “because,
although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts
and their foolish thoughts were darkened.
Professing to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the
incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man……” I know that Paul is talking here about idol
worship but I believe it applies also to the religious persecution throughout
history.
I
have a favorite expression that I use often. "Religion is man's search for
a god and Christianity is God's search for man". Think about those words.
Man from the beginning of creation has dreamed of, invented, and portrayed all
kinds of concepts what they perceive a god is to be or what they think a god
should be like. Here in the 21st century it is no different, perhaps even worse
than ever before. Mankind worships money, music, success, technology, the list
could go on and on.
However,
God in his wisdom and glory knew that this senseless search was leading mankind
into destruction. Perhaps this maybe is where we may disagree. I believe that
there is only one God and the only way to that God is through His Son. God sent
his Son to pay the price for all mankind and only through Him can we find the
Father.
I
do, however, believe that even the mainstream so called Christian churches are
preaching and teaching not from God's word but from centuries of tradition and
false beliefs. I find it interesting that most people who are brought up under
denominational doctrines continue to remain in that doctrine and church
denomination even after they begin to intently study scripture. Why? Because it
is so hard to break a lifetime of wrong thinking and indoctrination. As a child I was raised to believe certain things
about God, and now even after I have intently studied God's word and learned differently,
I find it very hard to rid myself of that stinking thinking that I was trained
in as a youth.
Many
churches as a group are full of stinking thinking people who march blindly
behind some charismatic leader who perpetuates that stinking thinking. They
love to look down their noses at people who do not have the same stinking
thinking and look at these people as a group and lump them into a group that
are all lost sinners.
Now
here lies the problem that we have to guard ourselves against. We cannot look
at everyone in the church as part of a group and call the church a bunch of
hypocrites. There are many in the church that search God through His word and
down on their knees and do not fall in to a group following some archaic
misinformed doctrine. If we do that we
are doing exactly what they are doing to everyone else.
This
church “group” loves to place everyone in the LGBT community into a group. They are neglecting many of the individuals,
each of us with our own walk with God. Some of us are lost sinners and some of
us are not. Therefore, the church cannot be viewed as a group of hypocrites but
as individuals each with their own walk with God. Some (maybe even most) are
blindly following their leader without any ideal what the Word of God is saying
about the way the church should conduct themselves. Others, as I struggle to
be, are listening to the Father and strive to learn God's plan for all mankind.
Anyway, thanks for your concerns and once again I know I have a true friend in
you. Bobbie.
Bobbie
Lang 1/14/14
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