My journey for the truth: a somewhat unremarkable story

[Billz]

Now7ik:

I am glad that you have already found Ms. Rice. She is a gem. I am thankful for all these master's of the written word.

Regarding religion; it was explained to me this way:

"Religion is the organized structure that undermines all of faith, hope and love. The Word is the true message of God and Jesus. In The Word we find the manifestation of faith, hope and love."

It is my opinion that "religion" is a cult to blind the believer and enslave the faithful, binding them to worship through repetition and intolerance. I believe that true faith is based in the message Jesus came to share: Love God with all your heart, soul and mind. Love your neighbor as yourself. Jesus clearly identified these as the greatest of all commandments.

Our one infinite Creator has corroborated Jesus' instruction: Love is always the answer.

Yours in love and light...

bill

Definitey! That is the major point I make with Christianity as well: Jesus gave two commandments. Those two commandments encompass all of the positive laws in a loving manner. These two are the greatest and all that one needs to remember.

I feel that with religion and Church that many people miss the heart of Christ’s message. They aren’t “hearing” him. They’re taking in dogma, what to believe, what to think. The teachings of Christ are pretty radical when you have your ears and eyes open. The opening of the heart in unconditional love is consciousness transforming.
It’s just sad to see the pure teachings of Christ perverted into the opposite message of intolerance, judgment, and condemnation by some sects of Christianity. (One of the purer sects is the Episcopalians.) Very conditional “love”, which actually is not love because the only true love is unconditional. Again, that’s just my opinion.

Anyway, So glad to have you here and your brilliant insight!

Now7ik,

Thank you for you gracious compliment , but I need to point out that I am only parroting what I’ve learned and want to give credit to those teachers from whom I was blessed to have the chance to listen.

You’ve precisely identified the problem with religion as well as the complacency of most churchy type people who wish to be spoon fed their theology, complete their hour of weekly service and get out of church as quickly as possible, to return to their “regularly scheduled programming” as quickly as possible. This is the issue that disturbs me while breaking my heart. They don’t want to know.

Well, we’ll love them as they are and keep hoping that they may wake up some day to see the world for what it is, what it can be and to know the difference in having a real relationship with the Creator that Jesus was talking about in the Bible.

Until then, let’s continue working and loving them as an example.

Brother Dan used to say, you may be the only Jesus some people ever see. Let your light shine and lead them by example.

In light and love...