05-08-2016, 09:12 PM
Nanny, it is easy to personally resolve 'evil' vs 'religion' if you merely see it for what it is:
Religion is politics, and nothing more. It is a form of government made by man, and overseen by certain church heads.
Good is not found in religion, good is found in faith and belief, action and implementation. All else is two-faced cross-talk to serve a man-focused purpose. When religion counters good, then religion is evil. It's really that simple. To make more of it than this, is to try and vilify good or to reconcile 'good' to a 'political platform' (i.e.: religion).
I walked away from religion as a young man, because I quickly saw this in a church and a faith, where the church had neither faith or belief, but a good line of credit at the bank, and a lot of greedy ministers and lay-ministers constantly fighting over what 'new, grand thing' they could build, could make, that would 'set the church apart' in the community. At 12, I realized that if the church couldn't see to spend the money ON THE NEEDY first, then it wasn't an organization I wanted to be associated with.
It's really easy to say 'What Would Jesus Do?' (WWJD), but it's a lot more difficult to get off the brainwashing, and actually answer the question.
Religion is politics, and nothing more. It is a form of government made by man, and overseen by certain church heads.
Good is not found in religion, good is found in faith and belief, action and implementation. All else is two-faced cross-talk to serve a man-focused purpose. When religion counters good, then religion is evil. It's really that simple. To make more of it than this, is to try and vilify good or to reconcile 'good' to a 'political platform' (i.e.: religion).
I walked away from religion as a young man, because I quickly saw this in a church and a faith, where the church had neither faith or belief, but a good line of credit at the bank, and a lot of greedy ministers and lay-ministers constantly fighting over what 'new, grand thing' they could build, could make, that would 'set the church apart' in the community. At 12, I realized that if the church couldn't see to spend the money ON THE NEEDY first, then it wasn't an organization I wanted to be associated with.
It's really easy to say 'What Would Jesus Do?' (WWJD), but it's a lot more difficult to get off the brainwashing, and actually answer the question.