mjrhealth said:
What makes you think you need religion to talk to God, I can talk to God because He is not deaf, I can even visit Him in heaven because of what Christ has done, and many have. But religion takes that all away and put God at arms length. Is He your father or Not??
Translation: "what makes you think my misunderstanding of the definition of religion (empty ritual and legalism) is necessary for me to talk to God? I can talk to God without understanding who His is or what language to speak because He isn't deaf. I can even visit Him in Heaven, (despite the fact that the term Heaven is a religious term) and know that He is in Heaven (which is another religious concept, along with the idea of calling Him, in the first place) despite the fact that everyone knows that calling God 'Him' or any other term is a part of religious idea that I cannot possibly know anything about because I am not religious. Furthermore, my ability to visit God in Heaven is based on my understanding of Christ's sacrifice on the Cross and my redemption, which is part of the religion I have rejected. See, my misunderstanding of religion (empty ritual and legalism) takes everything about God away! Are you really a Christian?!"
I am wondering, are you just going to ask me the same question over and over again? You are proving my assumption correct - you just don't get it.
And you have placed God in a box, God you cant do anything without religion, that is you, not Him that is doing the limiting.
Your denial of religious terms and teachings that you have incorporated into your mis-shaped doctrine provides you with no more understanding of God than anyone else, mjr. In fact, it invites private interpretation and heresy.
It is not His choosing it is yours, you choose to put Him away and let Him out when you need Him, it is you who says, you cant talk to Him without religion.
Yep, I said it. We need religion to know who God is and how to talk with Him. And I will also restate why you hate religion - it is based on the doctrine of the Reformation, which equated religion with the Temple and the Temple with the Vatican; the artificial relationship with organized religion and the antiChrist, was necessary to justify their decision to break from the Vatican.
God is,
Not deaf,
His arms are long enough to reach anyone.
He is full of Grace
He is full of Love
He is filled with Life
He is filled with Wisdom
He can reach anyone with or without religion, with or without the bible. with or without our Help
Completely irrelevant.
He created the world, the heavens the stars, us, the animals, all plant life than we say,
Which can only be known by reading Genesis or being educated by someone who has read Genesis - all part of religion.
God you cant do anything without religion.
Yet, we would never know about who His is or what he has done without religion
He was doing fine without it in the beginning and He will do fine without it now and in the end.
Of course religion is not about God's well being, it is about how we relate to Him and He relates to us.
Why do you Limit him so?.
It is your misunderstanding of religion that limits your relationship with God, friend.
