When you look at modern religions and cults that have sprung up in the recent past, does it give you pause? [Spirituality & Religion]
[b]Does it make you wonder about people like Jesus and Mohammed? [/b]
Look at L. Ron Hubbard who was a science-fiction writer and now is exulted amongst Scientologists. Look at Joseph Smith, a convicted conman who is now recognized as a man with a direct line to God by the Mormons. And look at any number of "spiritual leaders" who amass followings of people who believe with their whole heart and soul that this person is an enlightened master working for god...
What makes Jesus different from those people other than that his religion caught on?
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It's never about religion, never has been or ever will be about religion. Get your head out of the religious sects. It don't belong there. A relationship with our Heavenly Father is all that matters.
But god tells you how you must worship him, what you must believe in and what you must do in order to achieve a relationship with him and through that salvation....that's textbook religion...
@Pikachu [quote]But god tells you how you must worship him, what you must believe in and what you must do in order to achieve a relationship with him and through that salvation....that's textbook religion...[/quote]
No, that is relationship through Jesus Christ by His Holy Spirit. Religion has nothing to do with it.
@GodSpeed63 [quote] I also hear His voice [/quote] You ought to be careful messing about with hallucinogens, you can cause yourself serious psychological problems.
[quote] I also hear His voice and I know it if that's what you're getting at.[/quote]
That's very much what i'm getting at. You hear Jesus speak to you in words that you can hear aloud? Have you been tested for psychological disorder like schizophrenia? If you can hear the word of god, doesn't that make you a prophet?
I'm curious to learn more. Do you hear the voice of god only in dreams or in your waking life? And if you hear it while you're awake and you haven't been tested, how do you know if this is real or the conviction of disorder?
