Religion
is Humans trying to work their way to God.
For
the past 3 years, I have started mentioning “Human” whenever I had to fill up
any form that asks for my religion. It’s not like I am not proud of what
religion I was born in. I am just too devastated on how the concept of religion
has become the primary concern for ‘Divide and rule’ spoiling peace in this
world. I am just a follower of Christ. Of the Christians out there, I only
appreciate the interpretation of Mother Teresa who actually proclaimed Christ
through her deeds. She was a follower of Christ too but nobody had seen her
preaching gospel!
The
book of James 1:27 from the Holy Bible says “Pure and undefiled religion before
God and the Father is this; to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and
to keep oneself unspotted in this world”. The Holy Bible itself stated this.
Who are those in the name of Christianity to give their own interpretations and
corrupt the actual meaning of it? Jesus didn’t die so we could have a religion.
He died so that we could have a relationship with God through him. Don’t
misinterpret here too. ‘Through him’ means in the shadow of the ways he walked.
That’s why he said, ‘I am the way...’
That
way is not a religion. Jesus never came to start a religion. He came to have a
relationship with us with a purpose and destiny for our lives, which is love
and kindness. Religion means here the division between Sacred and Secular
concern, other worldliness, man’s reaching toward God in a way that protects
his own thoughts, because our own wisdom is quite corruptive. Religion should
make us proud of what good deeds we have done, how much of human we have been,
and if we have kept ourselves spotless of any guilt. So, Christianity is not
about religion. It is about faith, about being held, about being forgiven of
our past bad deeds, about finding peace and joy, about finding a meaningful
life by helping others.
I
only talk about Christianity here because I am a follower of Christ. I don’t
know what you have been learning from whom you follow now. But if your words of faith have no actions,
then your religion means nothing at all. And if you call yourself a follower of
Christ, Mary, Buddha, Allah, Ram, or whoever it is, and you cannot maintain
love and peace with other living beings, it’s even considered a shame to their
names. Don’t add rules that don’t exist in
the Holy Bible or other holy books. Don’t make this “religion” that is
not from God at all. Be a follower if you can and let people identify your
God’s greatness through your deeds. You don’t even have to open your mouths.
One
last word for everyone reading this. If you have good morals and you are able
to pass that good to other through your deeds, then you automatically have a
relationship with God, which is the key to open the doors of heaven.
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