"Man" Teaching About God

It is one of the Articles of Faith of this Church that we expect each member to be his own resource to understand the nature of God.  We, as a Church, have no "teachings" or dogma on the nature of God, believing it is only possible to come to know God through your own journey of discovery and observation.

Generally this position has been rare in history.  The rotating choices above give you a selection of articles describing how certain of righteousness various humans have been in their pronouncements about the nature of God.

Those who have told us what to think about God may, some say, have included Jesus:

"And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul; but rather fear him, which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell" (Matthew 10:28). Source

One of the great preachers of the Puritan past, Cotton Mather, wrote hundreds of books and pamphlets, including many that justified the Salem Witch Trials.   Source

Surely throughout the early 2000 years Allah was described by many thousands of "men" as ordering the murder of Christians, and Americans. Those who have spoken FOR God, or in the name of God, or even ABOUT God have added mostly to the immorality on the planet.

The image on the right?  Allah, according to some men, ordered them to murder this American, and how does the image of God fare in the mouths of such terrorists?

The political parties have filled up with those who describe God in ways that they think help them get elected -- playing to the worst of human qualities in the electorate.

Al Sharpton declared himself a Reverend when he was a child and continued to speak, thanks to the secular media, to destroy religion as well as morality in America.

By the age of 3, Sharpton would walk home from the Pentecostal church in Queens, line up his sister's dolls on the bed, drape on his mother's nightgown as raiments, and preach of God's tender mercy. Source

The false prophets are denounced in every age, usually following a reign of influence over man, speaking in the name of God.  Such false prophets have invariably been followed by NEW false prophets.  The link, above, called "False Prophets" presents a list of some 70 individuals in modern times who have spoken for God, and about God.  Surely on this grand list is at least one YOU may think is speaking truly?  It matters not, because "man" is not in a state to receive or understand spiritual grace, or the word of God.

Why?

Because "man," in the generality, has not found a way to bring sanity and common sense to man -- reliance on God has always been in the hands of man and has failed.

It is time for a common sense approach to religion and morality that will function at the grassroots level of man, teaching NOT about God, but about simple morality.  "Don't use harmful drugs" is simple enough, but certainly not universally followed or even accepted.

What this planet needs just now is a method of bring MORALS to society -- then such can look for and find spiritual salvation, and come to understand God.

The elimination of God and religion, have been the specialty of psychiatry, as rooted in the public admission of one of the early proponents of "flexible morals," or "morals that fit the occasion," rather than some fundamental and universal description of what is "right" and what is "wrong."

If morals are not going to be taught in schools, and children have no moral foundation in their schools, then chemicals are much more easily accepted to "create happiness" and "social control" is much more readily accepted as the goal of education.  It was leading psychiatrist Dr. G. Brock Chisholm, who said:  "To achieve world government, it is necessary to remove from the minds of men their individualism, loyalty to family traditions, national patriotism and religious dogmas." 

Here is one of their major teachings about God -- that He does not exist.  If He does not exist, then man must seek his goals without any hope for spiritual salvation.

There is a special type of "language" called "psychobabble" that is very cleverly used to confuse people -- it is often the tongue of the "man" telling us about God.  "Psychobabble" is a term that describes how morals and religion have been systematically destroyed in America. Don't miss that link as it rotates into view above.

When you find the Baptists in Kentucky fighting with the Baptists in South Carolina, you know that one or the other (or both) are listening to MAN teaching about God.  Men have "un-Godly" thoughts, but ascribe them to God for legitimization.

The Alliance of Baptists has issued a statement decrying “the politicization of gay marriage” in the current presidential campaign and supporting all Americans’ rights to “full marriage equality.”  (Source)

Probably that's a sin according to some!  It depends on which "man" you listen to!

Much of the "popular" media seems involved in a campaign to destroy religion -- since that allows the media to propose a form of "morals" which is "self directed."  Moral codes based on religious concepts have not fared well down through history -- and there has not been, before, a moral code based on common sense.  There is now.

The LA Times "Usual" Attack On Religion