No dogmas. No preaching. Just a bunch of people seeking their own truths and spirituality.
2006-07-30 11:00:16 · 15 answers · asked by Jason B 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Some people seem to really need and crave the organization. It's just like finding a place to work--some flourish in large, top-heavy corporations, some do better in a small company, some are best suited to be entrepreneurs. So no, it wouldn't be better for everybody. It wouldn't be better for natural leaders or followers. But for those of us who don't want to be a leader or a follower, it's a wonderful thing that we have the option to go our own way.
2006-07-30 11:09:14 · answer #1 · answered by GreenEyedLilo 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In one of Lloydd Douglas's novels, he writes about a Roman who knows that the Christian movement, as long as it is barefoot, is a very powerful force. But, he explains, once it has shoes on it's feet and is mounted on horseback, it will fail, just like any other human organization.
Isn't this exactly what happened? Just as soon as Christianity went from being a persecuted minority to the state religion, finally spawning "The Holy Roman Empire", with offices and money to fight over, bad things began to happen.
Today, there are very few Christians left, and they are hopelessly scattered through the different denominations. They won't be the ones you see in the front of the congregations, though. You'll be more likely to see them on a Saturday afternoon, busily cleaning the pews and vacuuming, or mowing the lawn and pulling weeds...or carrying a meal to a sick person's house...or maybe giving reading lessons to some young people in a jail cell...helping a young mother with her small children, or an older man with his wheelchair in an airport...chances are you'll never know their names. But rest assured...God knows them.
2006-07-30 18:12:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If not preaching, what is religion. If just bunch of people seeking, there will be no truth...
2006-07-30 18:03:42 · answer #3 · answered by YourDreamDoc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, didn't Protestanism start as an alternative to Catholicism designed for people who want to seek spirituality on their own?? But it is human nature that we'll try to organize everything for efficiency sakes, so your suggestion is perhaps ideal but not practical.
2006-07-30 18:04:53 · answer #4 · answered by Aurora 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's working for me, at least. I consider myself a Christian, but I have a disagreement with organized religion. I believe that my Personal relationship with God is just that. Personal. What works for me may not work for you, and vice versa. When I need guidance, the Book is available. The only downside is that I do miss the fellowship available in a church setting.
2006-07-30 18:16:37 · answer #5 · answered by kjdean68 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would be better if religion didn't exist at all so that the truths people were looking for could be actual searches instead of trying to figure out which delusional pile of crap you will settle on as your "ultimate truth".
2006-07-30 18:08:00 · answer #6 · answered by iknowtruthismine 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, because mutually exclusive truths -- and there are bound to be some if everybody's out seeking their own truths -- can't all be true.
2006-07-30 18:18:26 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like you're advocating a new religion... "no dogmas", "no preaching", just people seeking their own truth.
what will you call your new organized religion?
2006-07-30 18:04:46 · answer #8 · answered by more than a hat rack 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I strongly agree with that statement. Modern-day Christians are becoming out of control.
2006-07-30 18:04:14 · answer #9 · answered by AeroMidwest82 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course and those people would be the wiser for it.
Tammi Dee
2006-07-30 18:06:07 · answer #10 · answered by tammidee10 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋