>===== Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===== >In a message dated 12/16/2001 6:28:32 PM Eastern Standard Time, >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > >> > >> > PHILOSOPHY 101 >> > 3. Going to church doesn't make you religious any more than going to a >> > garage makes you a mechanic. >> >> Unfortunately that one is just not true!!! >> >> BoW >> >> >Hey Brian, > >Please elaborate. ????
Well, seeing that I have been invited <g>. As Ed Christiansen has already picked up, I mean that going to church can make you very religious. Firstly I wish the word church was used correctly as I believe that this contributes towards the problem. Church is people, it is not the building but by saying, "going to church" the inference is that you are going to the building. Then, all of a sudden, the building becomes important and putting in stained glass windows, building fancy towers and having a marble entrance hall become things we are doing for God. The pastor/minister/vicar/priest has to have fancy clothing to show s/he is important. The "dignitaries" sit on the platform so that they can be seen (it is a fine line between making yourself recognizable and "look at me, I'm important"). The service becomes rigid, "But we always take collection after communion"! Man is inherently religious and there are pharasaic elements in *all* of us. IMO it did not take long before religion crept in following Jesus' death. The apostles gathered together and laid down rules as to how many apostles there should be and who was eligible to be one. God did not feel bound by these rules <g> and decided to pick the bloke who was going round doing his best to wipe out the apostles - Saul of Tarsus. Just my 2d's worth. BoW _______ This mailing list is dedicated to the glory of God. Let the Golden Rule be your daily rule. Offering bucket: http://eBible.org/mpj/partner.htm To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rangernet" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://rangernet.org/subscribe.htm http://rangernet.org Autoresponder: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
