The church is the body of Christ. Jesus intsructed Peter to institute it. Therefore the "church" is essential.
I do agree that there is a lot of bad that can come from so-called "churches".
I don't think that Jesus would neccessarily endorse every group of people that call themselves his "church".
Many people claim to be christians, but do not follow Jesus' teachings. I believe this has given organized religion a bad name.
2006-11-26 16:30:55
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answered by songndance1999 4
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Organized religion is all that an much more in a positive way as well.
The "structure" that you use to worship is the religion you choose. You are only limited to that structure by your personal free will and choice.
Not all relgion, organized cultures or affiliations are 100% right for you at all point in your life. Yet many will "Hit home" more often than not. You "views" are all yours and the belief is God, Jesus, Buda, Yahwa, Mohammad or whomever is part of you.
Many believe that "being together" in the holy house or church makes a energy of abundance of love that you will radiate with the glory and the communion of other humans in the shared goal to worship as shared belief.
IT is a powerful thing and often over looked by the "money, power or personality" of the humans that front that team that tend to draw attention away from the real purpose of being there!
Pray your way, You live in America and we have the rights to practice and live the way we want. It is a blessing to have this freedom.
2006-11-27 00:34:28
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answered by Denise W 6
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I would say no. However Christianity in it's true form is not a religion. Religion as man created destroys, divides and is definitely a tool use to control people. The only thing that should be in control our lives is the Spirit of God. One might classified Christianity as a religion. That is because being as we are born in sin and shapen in iniquity. The way of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is foreign to us until we accept. The way of a christian life is what God has design for us to follow since the beginning of time. However due to Adam's fall we had to be reconcile back to God through Christ because we were strangers afar off. At the end of the day religion is confusion and that is what the enemy the devil wants us to be. Confuse to the simplicity in Christ (2 Corith.11:3). Any other way not through Christ is a distorted view from doing it God's way. Man has throughout time tried another way which is called religion. That pretty much shows in why the world is in the condition that it is in.
2006-11-27 00:47:56
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answered by Neil R 3
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God wants there to be a church - a place where those who believe in him can support one another, pray for each other, be taught about God and strengthen their faith. It is very difficult to stay strong and grow in faith by yourself.
No, you do not have belong to a church to go to heaven - that is really missing the mission and importance of the church - it's purpose is to serve God's kingdom and his people. And it has to be organized - and the church, because it is made of people, is imperfect. Think of the good the church does, rather than it's imperfections, and no one other group or service can come close to matching it's work and benefits.
2006-11-27 00:33:46
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answered by Anonymous
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All true views on God and Jesus comes directly from the Holy Bible, which is how our Heavenly Father speaks to us - but we must read and study it.
If "organized religion" is spouting distortful views, you will only know that if you study the Bible.
If what you read from the Bible is DIFFERENT from what a minister is telling you, then yes, the truth is being distorted and you must pray for enlightenment from the truth.
The Bible also says, "forsake not the gathering of your selves together." In other words, do not forbid yourself from socializing and worshipping with other Christians. This is good for spiritual strengthening.
What is best is to pray earnestly for God to lead you to the right church that worships the one true God, loves and abides by His truth, etc.
2006-11-27 00:38:50
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answered by Ambassador Z 4
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God commands all Christians to attend church regularly Heb 10:25. Church is God's idea and God's intention is that Jesus is Head of the Church. So in God's mind all churches should be run by leaders who wholly submit themselves to the direction and guidance of the Holy Spirit. The problems we are facing in our churches is that they are mostly run based man's ideas and not under God's direction. Pray for our church leaders to repent and surrender control of the church back to the Holy Spirit. For where the Spirit of the Lord is there is liberty as God's word says.
2006-11-27 00:38:59
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answered by seekfind 6
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I am deist. I don't believe in any one religion because of the same reason. Organized religion creates the hatred just as you will witness here on Y!A.
I believe in God and have a very beautiful relationship with God.
I have no problems believing in Christ, (That is that he was a messenger of God), however I have a problem with the religions that takes charge and use the name of Christ for personal gain and control over the human race.
2006-11-27 00:29:51
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answered by Fried Plantain 2
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I think that more damage has been done in the cause of advancing some religious organization or another "in the name of god".
If there is a god, he/she/it does not need man to speak for him. He can work on his own. Religious organizations merely communicate their belief in his ineptness, begging the question "why would you worship a god that needs so much of your help to make things happen?"
2006-11-27 00:28:23
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answered by the guru 4
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Religion itself is man-made. Religion is just something practiced liberally everyday. Washing my socks could be my religion.
It wouldn't make a difference. But i agree, however, that most people who celebrate Christmas don't even understand the true meaning of it.
2006-11-27 00:28:13
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answered by Picard Facepalm 5
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I agree with you that indeed most every religion has & is doing what you say. But please keep in mind there has always been representatives of true worship on the earth. For instance in Noah's day, God used him and his family for men to escape the flood, then we have Abraham & Lot, Moses and Israel when they were adhering to God's laws, the Judges of Israel like Samuel, Samson, Gideaon etc. then the Kings of Israel were used by God(once again when faithful to him) During Israels unfaithfulness there were faithful prophets such as Isaiah, Jeremia, Daniel and many others==who stuck to the arrangement with the Israelites, that God approved of.
Then most important Christ Jesus came on earth to show the way of Christianity in representing his God and Father Jehovah. So there was organization in God's worship. He also exposed false worship and the corrupt religious leaders that egged on the murder of Christ. In our time religion has really been misrepresenting God and Christ for the most part--and it will indeed get worse.
But God still blesses true Christianity that is practiced , today. Many religions claim to be the right one, and yet their hypocrisy belie there claim. But indeed their has to be a people because indeed Jesus said that his disciples would endure into the time of the end. As he stated when speaking to a woman interested in true worship as perhaps like yourself. Please note what he said to her in just these few verses
John 4:23Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth."
I could simply say my religion is the right one, but most people are tired of that claim, therefore one needs to put religion to the test by comparing what the Bible teaches and what religion teaches for these are in conflict.
As far as going to heaven, Jesus spoke of the earth that will be paradised as man's hope for the future. As stated in part in the Lord's prayer "thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven?" Also he promised the the "Meek would inherit the earth?" Matthew 5:1-6 & Math. 6:9,10--
The organization that God would use in our time would not be perfect for it would be made up of imperfect people , but indeed the majority of its Christians would be doing their best to be like Christ. But when you have statistics like 30 percent of a religions priests or ministers are homosexual or adultarers there is something rotten with the barrel and its apples.
So indeed if any of this makes sense and is reasonable then do a careful search, especially of any religion that has doctrine that makes sense and does not contradict itself=for that would not be truth, because indeed truth is truth and does not contradict itself with false ideas etc.
Hope this was somewhat helpful.
THA
2006-11-27 01:14:22
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answered by THA 5
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