Religion
In reply to the discussion: Institutions, Like Individuals, Must Earn Respect Through Actions [View all]Karadeniz
(23,712 posts)Deciding that belief in a creed...mostly biographical...could determine one's Christianity...hardly in keeping with Christianity's purpose to teach how to develop the soul...a mistake. I could write a better creed, one based on Jesus's teachings, as it should be.
Tying material progress...job qualification, taxes...to Christian membership...outrageous.
Spanish inquisition...unchristian.
Maintaining a patriarchy...unchristian.
Having a pope or any leader surrounded by material wealth or power...unchristian.
Encouraging the perception that church attendance and joining in rituals make one a better Christian...unchristian.
Their greatest problem is that church began the sanctioning of incorrect interpretation which spread to about every other denomination.
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