I was brought up to be loosely church of england, but since teenage have become opposed to organised religion of any form.
I believe that the various 'churches' have proven useful in the past by imposing some fundamental 'rules' to follow in life with the threat of being punished / rewarded accordingly in the 'afterlife' But in these modern times, when people are educated enough to know the difference between right and wrong, and we are all punishable by law (or at least supposed to be), is it not the case that your 'god' will contact you directly if 'he' wishes and that the leader of your church wishes only to exert their influence and increase their 'hold' over the congregation.
So many people have gone(and still are going) to war because of religion. Were these wars not religious leaders struggles for power propelled by their followers 'faith'.
In a nutshell, 'god' is everywhere, why should you go to a 'church' and talk/pray to 'him' via them rather than directly yourself?
2006-08-09
05:22:14
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