Rituals and dress of faith and religion in 2009.
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By Donald Swarbrick.
When you look at the rituals and dress code most religions have today, you have to wonder why they continue to do so as it has nothing to to with preaching God’s word.
When Jesus and his disciples spread the word of God, they dressed in the clothes of their time, that suited the climate they were in, with no need for fancy robes or headdresses, so why do most churches of today have rituals that involve heavy robes, and attire that serve no purpose in their quest of telling us God existed?
Clothes and possessions do not make us holy, or any more of a believer in God, it is how we live our lives down here that counts, after all we will all stand naked in front of God when the day of judgement comes.
Tall hats and different uniforms for your given rank, whether in church or work, will hold no favour when it comes to judging our characters.
The churches, and their leaders seem to think that carrying on the traditions and dress from medieval times makes them more holy, and by continuing these trends will encourage us to believe what they are preaching is the be all and end all of life and death.
WRONG!
The way the churches convey the word of God in this day and age, drives away the very people they want to encourage.
In medieval times the robes and rituals were part of life then, uniforms of the rich and head of state, to separate them from the common people, giving them power to extort money through fear, from the poor under the guise of religion.
They put the fear of God into the people from all walks of life, using God’s word to better themselves, and prevent them from suffering some of the torturous fates that befell those who disobeyed the crown, which in the end gave the churches the power and wealth they wanted.
Wealth and power was the be all and end all of the church leaders in these days, grabbing religion to feather their own nests, while keeping favour with whoever was reigning monarch at the time, which all added up to a better life for them.
The churches still want wealth and power which has become more important than spreading the word of God, and prove this by interfering in matters that should not concern them, like politics, or the laws of the country.
Their faith in God overseeing these matters should be enough for them without interfering, leaving them to concentrate on what they studied for, mainly preaching the gospel.
If they were doing the job they were supposed to be doing, giving it the attention God wished them to, then we would have more people listening to them instead of facing the empty churches we have today.
All the pomp and ceremony practised in most churches are a nonsense, having nothing to do with God, and the people carrying out these rituals should get back to the basics Jesus and his disciples preached by, with the only gain being the satisfaction of carrying out God’s wishes.
Some religions do dress in everyday clothes to spread the word of God but are frowned on by the heads of churches who still dress in their ridiculous garb, and are still closely connected to the head of state, but in each and every one of them, the leaders who might thing they are superior, and the ordinary folk who attend these churches are all equal in the eyes of God, and will be judged according to their deeds down here on earth.
They are all human, and ALL have the badness instilled in them from birth, and no matter what they chose to wear, be it fancy dress or not, they are just like us, and will have their sins to answer for too when we all stand at the gates of heaven naked.
As I have said before God originated out of the same energy in the universe as we did, and it is only because he has been around much longer than us that he rules the universe, owing to the knowledge he has accumulated in his time.
As we originated from energy, that energy will always be in the universe, we will always be in the universe, so it is up to each individual to make sure we conduct ourselves in a manner that will ensure a satisfactory lifestyle throughout that journey, whatever your faith.
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August 30th, 2009 at 8:41 pm
I think Donald, the church – be it the Catholic, or the Orthodox do keep up with the rituals for several reasons. Do we agree that the people do and can pray everywhere? If so – why should they feel the need to go to a church, if not for the feeling that they are on a sacred ground? And with the sacred place, or ground come the preachers of God in their church togas. The souls of the masses get elevated when in a prayer, and many tests have shown the power of a mass prayer. Throughout history humans have always followed rituals – be it in religion, or magic, or so many other things the people do while gathering together. And I think rituals are here to stay, no matter how futile or not these are.
August 31st, 2009 at 3:21 am
Hi admin, I agree rituals are here to stay, but some of the church rituals have nothing to do with religion, nor have the medieval robes and other garb that the leaders wear, nor are they sacred. God listens to us no matter what we wear, or where we are. A church is a gathering of people not a building, but it is like many other facets of life that get misconstrued as time goes on.
August 31st, 2009 at 3:26 am
Hi admin, I should have emphasized that a church is a gathering of people gathered together to worship God, not just a gathering of people, although the building is now classed as the church its actually the people inside that ARE the church.
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