Are you religious?

[teresaq]

Hi Theresa, sorry to break in your conversation! I got 4,688 hits for "religious" in EGW's writings:

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In my view, Bible religion is truth, those who adhere to that are religious in that way. Then the false religions mean the opposite. The humanistic view that "religion" does not exist that we hear some speak to, is simply not true!

those are a couple of perspectives of a variation of the word religious, but they dont appear to relate to the point i was making.

but thank you for sharing them. :)

[Aliensanctuary]

Man looks on the outside and sees our misguided, ridiculous, bizarre, or even deadly, religious beliefs and practices. Religions divide people, creating barriers, and prisoners.

The LORD looks at our thoughts, using a force we cannot stop. To the LORD, our religions are worthless, even harmful. It’s our internal spirituality that the LORD looks at, not what we profess or practice when we’re not alone.

All the world's religions will, in the end, be discarded, consigned to the garbage pile of human history. They will all be replaced by a new line of thought that isn’t even religion. It will be Masters and Servants, not religion.

Today, we can be the selfless servants needed for the Kingdom, but it will take power from above, and super-human effort to overcome our selfishness. This will enable us to merge and become one with the LORD. This is exactly what Jesus accomplished.

[Woody]

Hey ... you have some interesting thoughts there.

[phkrause]

Man looks on the outside and sees our misguided, ridiculous, bizarre, or even deadly, religious beliefs and practices. Religions divide people, creating barriers, and prisoners.

The LORD looks at our thoughts, using a force we cannot stop. To the LORD, our religions are worthless, even harmful. It’s our internal spirituality that the LORD looks at, not what we profess or practice when we’re not alone.

All the world's religions will, in the end, be discarded, consigned to the garbage pile of human history. They will all be replaced by a new line of thought that isn’t even religion. It will be Masters and Servants, not religion.

Today, we can be the selfless servants needed for the Kingdom, but it will take power from above, and super-human effort to overcome our selfishness. This will enable us to merge and become one with the LORD. This is exactly what Jesus accomplished.

I think I can agree with that.

pk

[Aliensanctuary]

All of our religions today are man-made, complete with rule-books and the belief that each possesses

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The Truth.

The Founding Father or Mothers of most religions claim some special connection or revelation from God.

Whether we belong to the Mass-Murders-for-Allah Mosque, the God-Wants-YOU-to-be-Wealthy Cathedral, the First Church of the Ossified Mummies, or anything in between, we misunderstand the mission of Jesus. Jesus had no religion, just a job. His job was to teach rule-happy evil-loving humans that religion and ceremony and profession are worthless to the LORD, a Being who can read human minds.

Candidates for the LORD's Kingdom will harm no one, including themselves, even under provocation or if their lives are imperiled.

As they enlist in his service, the LORD's interests become theirs. As candidates merge into Oneness with him, they communicate with him in secrecy, not before audiences or over the airwaves.

They are willing to sacrifice everything to help others.

They are loyal to the LORD, even to the death.

The LORD doesn't need our misguided religions with all their conflicting beliefs and rules. He doesn't need costly churches or conferences or well-paid televangelists. All the LORD wants is this:

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Perfect Servants.

As long as we live, we should be learning how to become perfect servants. In the next life, we will all be servants, servants owned by the LORD. Adam and Eve, servants of God, disobeyed the LORD, creating havoc throughout human history. Perfect servants will never disobey their masters. After we wash up in the River of Life, our rebellious, selfish natures will no longer exist.

We don't need religions, churches, organizations, and money to serve the LORD. All we need to do is to conduct ourselves as Servants of the LORD, and servants of mankind, and teach others the secret of living forever, happily, as workers for the LORD.