will benefit mankind and people can finally be ope-minded and think on there own.kindness and compassion are within and dont need to be dictated by any faith.I am very loving and selfless to others and help people on a regular basis,but arent religious.to me it just tells you how to live when God tells me one on one with love and clearity to my conscious from his
2007-03-16 03:49:50 · 6 answers · asked by woodsonhannon53 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I am a Christian, but I am realizing that all of the "saving" powers are within and not external. So the belief in the divine may be misplaced, but the need for God and religion in society appears strong still. I once asked the Elders of a church, Do you obey God for fear of hell or for some other reason? Most replied that the fear of hell was the primary factor, and that the reward of heaven was the chief motivator. Thus organized religion rose up to tell us our progress regarding heaven and hell. Such cannot disappear until men value the mortal blessings of good works and curses of evil more than the post-mortal rewards of heaven and punishment of hell.
2007-03-17 04:49:43 · answer #1 · answered by Andy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good point. But more than the "organized" needs to go - we need a sea-change around mind-set as well before open-mindedness is possible. We are all truly one people.
"Faith is essentially intolerant ... essentially because necessarily bound up with faith is the illusion that one's cause is also God's cause." -- Ludwig Feuerbach
"You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do." – Anne Lamott
2007-03-16 10:56:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Organized religion like government are here to stay. But the church is not here to stay for the Lord is coming back for his church.
2007-03-16 10:52:37 · answer #3 · answered by Tribble Macher 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
With out faith we have nothing and are nothing - we need faith to keep us on the right track and believing in God and his statues without them we are back to cavemen!@~
2007-03-16 10:53:44 · answer #4 · answered by nswblue 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Christ said that you must be in his flock to be saved. That flock is His church where He is the head and it is His body.
2007-03-16 10:58:37 · answer #5 · answered by Jane M 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Salvation is only attainable through Jesus Christ.
Doesn't matter how good one thinks he or she is.
2007-03-16 10:52:25 · answer #6 · answered by primoa1970 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋