GOD HAS NO RELIGION

God has no religion. If your religion teaches that God, the creator and redeemer of the world, is a member of your religion, be advised that this is not the God who created everything, but rather a god created by your religion and worshipped by that religion.

GOD has no religion, which is to say that all religions are cultural sociologies built by men around the one true God, for example, Mahatma Gandhi’s Hinduism or even the monolatrism implied in Judaism, as well as many modern religious tolerance movements.

To understand who God is, you must first set religion in its proper place.

HERE IS WHAT RELIGION IS:

Religion is a social construct. It is man-made and is based on a specific understanding and belief in powers. Men or supernatural beings/objects could wield these powers. The missionaries did not bring God to Africa, but rather religion; they found Africans worshipping trees and stones and replaced them with painted and more beautiful artefacts such as lady idols, lovely structures, and so on. Religion makes God manifest in the form of visible beings (saints) and objects (artistic idols). You now see why modern preachers wield more authority than Jesus.

Religion, along with its books, doctrines, teachers, and literature, fails to address the human problem and, as a result, its solution, as well as to respond to scientific questions and challenges, but instead presents uncritical faith as a one-size-fits-all solution to all problems, and condemns sceptics as heretics or enemies of God.

Religion is a method of governing society and ensuring that individuals are not only told what to say and how to say it but also how to THINK. How to greet, curse, curse, pray, when and with whom…and finally, which direction to face.

Religion establishes exclusivity (food, attire, days, places, rituals, liturgy and documents) and, in doing so, establishes a THEM vs US mentality, as well as limiting who God is to their own perceptions as outlined in their sacred texts and teachings. Throughout history, numerous religious and political wars have been fought on the basis of this THEM against US mentality. Many people have been slaughtered in the name of ‘God,’ while others have died in the name of God. Judaism, according to the Bible, used to kill in the name of God, and other religions have continued to do so to this day.

Religion is all about IMAGE and IMAGING. It’s all about public perception, regardless of the reality. Religion is a brand company, which is why its adherents and workers have levels, titles, and hierarchies. Religion will sacrifice you for its image, while God may sacrifice himself for you. Religious people are in the business of putting on a show; what matters is how the public perceives you, not who you are.

Religion is both a political (church and state) and a political tool for governing society and mobilising resources. Because the religion you subscribe to is your initial target market, there is a financial benefit to being a member of that religion. Religion creates markets and possibilities while also killing some.

Religions are human resource mobilisation enterprises that outlive their founders, which is why all religions have centres where all of their adherents report and account to…either in pilgrimage or veneration of either living or dead pioneers who were faithful to the same. These centres sell a variety of items such as books, jewellery, handkerchiefs, scarves, robes, art, water, and oil. These centres act as God’s voice, determining the when and what of all its members around the planet. Religious institutions possess the most land, the most schools, and the industrial world is mostly run by religious individuals, demonstrating the religious world’s economic might.

Religions are sociological and anthropological containers in which the majority of us are raised. You are born into a religious family, which might include Catholics, Muslims, Anglicans, Pentecostals, SDAs, ATRs, and so on. They send you to a religious school, and you acquire a position in their institution, where you work with 70% of other religious individuals. Religion gives you a name, raises money for your birthday, wedding, and burial, and looks after your orphans. People find it difficult to walk away from or even question such a social web that has birthed, bred, and raised them at this point.

Religion has nothing to do with your going to heaven; rather, it acts as a middleman to gain control over you in exchange for continuous allegiance and by doing so, it inevitably dictates your destiny, just like someone holding you back would cause you to miss the bus. This is why you should consider whether you believe in God (independent of religion) or the God taught by your religion, or whether God is only God if your religion shows he is.

As a result, it is critical for anybody who believes in God to establish the fact that God has no religion, has never started one, and is a member of none. Religion is only a part of our sociology. Whether or not we have a relationship with God has nothing to do with our religion. Whether or not we know God. Whether we are nice people or not, every thief, murderer, and other criminal has a religious name.

Religion is like a tribe; just as you are born into one and told you are a member of that tribe, some individuals are born into a religion and inherit their parents’ and ancestors’ religions, which they have never explored (due to their original bias). But, much as someone studies their biological ties before transferring to another tribe, religious individuals should do the same with their faiths, investigating them on their approach to discovering who God is outside of the religions’ ideas of who he is. Your tribe doesn’t prohibit you from going to school, so don’t let your religion stand in the way of your relationship with God. Engaging in debates over which religion is correct and which is incorrect is like debating which tribe is right and which is wrong.

‘GOD’ bless you,

I invoke Truth, Wisdom and Faith
Priest Isaiah White (+256775822833)
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