OK, last one and I'm caught up.


>>>“THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS.. “

***What are your personal credentials for being the bearer of the “TRUTH”?? Or did you mean “your opinion of the truth”?


>>>“God has never told anyone, anything, at any time.. ever. “

***Your faith seams pretty strong in this conviction…


>>>“Most organized religion hold on to the theory that God told some folks ( directly mind you) how it is and should be many thousands of years ago.. and never has said another word since... “

***This again is by logical design. We have enough trouble now days with churches disagreeing on the slightest doctrinal issue. Imagine what it would be like if we had every tom, dick, and harry telling everyone that God gave them a ‘NEW MESSAGE’ last night? Actually that is just what many cults have been doing for years, but again, that is another topic… Instead, God gave us all we need to know via the Bible. Like the US Constitution, we know what it says (some healthy and some not so healthy disagreements aside) and we know for sure when someone tries to add or take away from it. We have a solid baseline. You see lots of Bible translations simply flop because they just stray too far from the Word. You see man pastors (and even political leaders) flop because they try to twist the Bible and lead the church members astray. They rely on ignorance from the people and if they are ‘good’ and persuasive, they have a successful little (or big) cult… But with enough educated and thinking people out there, we can keep this kind of thing in check.


>>>>“However, as far as Christians go, they all interpet his words ( what or if there were any and I doubt it ) actually mean. Most often to the tune of some cash profit or control of the population. Organized religion discredits itself by discrediting each other”

***Interpreting the Bible isn’t as tough as a lot of you try to make it. Sure, there are certainly some tough and confusing areas, but 95% of it is clear as day. Most people just don’t really try. They read an old King James version with all the confusing language like Thou and Thee and Shalt – and just give up.

In my church, we all study the Bible together. The pastor teaches directly from the Bible and covers about a book per month (some books take several months). Then we have small groups of bible studies. We work through the confusing stuff and once in a while we just have to agree to disagree. But most often we can see that with some understanding the context (historical, cultural, biblical, etc), we reach the same conclusions.

There are many bad apples in the Christian world (historically and currently), but the fact is, if you REALLY understood all the Christianity has done historically and currently in promoting education, freedom, equality, helping the truly poor and sick, etc etc it would surprise you.

As far as ‘organized religion’ goes, just keep in mind that the Christian church is made up of the church members from all walks of life. Christianity is about individuals coming together for a common cause – to serve as Christ served. But it is easy and common for church leaders (many who start out with good intentions) to get caught up in the power, money, control, etc. This is one reason I like that there are so many various denominations (and non-denominational) churches in the world. If we all had only one choice – like in the times when the Roman Catholic Church was the only choice, there would be way too much room for mass corruption, gov’t control\manipulation, etc.