- I am convinced that a problem, may be even "the" problem, is that there is too much religion in America, and people do not recognize this problem because they have a too narrow definition of religion. Religion is anything, usually a group of people or an institution, to which one identifies themselves with and is loyal to because they derive meaning from that group. For example, complete this sentence, "I am....". #
- If you are like me you will find yourself making many "I am ..." statements that not only include faith-based groups like "I am Christian" or "I am Muslim" but also, "I am a father," and "I am a woman", and also "I am a Green Bay Packer fan," and "I am a NASCAR fan". For too many today, their answers are also "I am a Republican" or "I am a liberal" or "I am a conservative." #
- So many groups to which we bind our selves to and that which demand our loyalty. I think all of these religions, yes even the faith-based ones, tend to be practices of idolatry. My understanding of religion explains how Donald Trump has managed to change what it means to be an evangelical Christian to a person who supports Donald Trump rather than a person who believes in the divinity of Christ.#
- Jesus is not the founder of the religion known by 90% of the world as Christianity, that religion was founded by the Roman Emperor Constantine. Jesus founded a movement, a way from religion that demands our loyalty toward our true selves as kin of of the divine, the divine that simply is "I am".#
- I am convinced that a problem, may be even "the" problem, is that there is too much religion in America, and people do not recognize this problem because they have a too narrow definition of religion. Religion is anything, usually a group of people or an institution, to which one identifies themselves with and is loyal to because they derive meaning from that group. For example, complete this sentence, "I am....". #
- If you are like me you will find yourself making many "I am ..." statements that not only include faith-based groups like "I am Christian" or "I am Muslim" but also, "I am a father," and "I am a woman", and also "I am a Green Bay Packer fan," and "I am a NASCAR fan". For too many today, their answers are also "I am a Republican" or "I am a liberal" or "I am a conservative." #
- So many groups to which we bind our selves to and that which demand our loyalty. I think all of these religions, yes even the faith-based ones, tend to be practices of idolatry. My understanding of religion explains how Donald Trump has managed to change what it means to be an evangelical Christian to a person who supports Donald Trump rather than a person who believes in the divinity of Christ.#
- Jesus is not the founder of the religion known by 90% of the world as Christianity, that religion was founded by the Roman Emperor Constantine. Jesus founded a movement, a way from religion that demands our loyalty toward our true selves as kin of of the divine, the divine that simply is "I am".#