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Quote by: Bishop i suspect that you aren't religious and don't have any respect for religion (and religious people), but i'm not like you. |
And, not being like me, you are not able to make such blatent generalised assumptions, at least, not without being completely wrong!
I am not religious, but
am spiritual. I have much dislike of the structure and nature of 'religion', of the idea that a single set of beliefs can be imposed on a mass group of people, of the idea of any centrally-controlled movement dictating to its subjects about what they can do, say, and even what they can believe.
I believe that
spirituality is what comes when you have moved on from religion, and learned the most important first lesson of your soul - that what you believe must come from your own heart, and never, ever,
ever from the pages of any book or the words of any man. Knowing the Truth begins with knowing yourself. Knowing yourself is the beginning of knowing God. Knowing the bible is just like wandering around in the dark, asleep, and with your eyes shut. It has the capacity to get you closer to God only inasmuch as it should teach you everything that God is
not, i.e. vengeful, wrathful, a murderer, egotistical and self-centered, as the bible portrays him.
~ Org.