Great post. I didn’t mean to be flippant but truly at one time I would have agreed with you. Then I became a voracious reader and researcher. I began to question everything I once believed at face value. Only then did I see how much was really happening as stated by Q. (I will look for a list I saw posted here a while back.)
I agree with the article you posted to the extent that organized religion has been diluted from its original purpose. Just like we have been hearing music but not not listening to its meaning, the same can be said of today’s churches where prayers and hymns are read in a rote drone-like fashion. Today’s worshippers are mostly just sleep walking through their prayers and ceremonies. They are less connected to God and more connected to rituals, in my opinion.
I feel more connected to God through this movement with my private prayers and devotion, than I ever felt in an official “house of worship.”
Great post. I didn’t mean to be flippant but truly at one time I would have agreed with you. Then I became a voracious reader and researcher. I began to question everything I once believed at face value. Only then did I see how much was really happening as stated by Q. (I will look for a list I saw posted here a while back.)
I agree with the article you posted to the extent that organized religion has been diluted from its original purpose. Just like we have been hearing music but not not listening to its meaning, the same can be said of today’s churches where prayers and hymns are read in a rote drone-like fashion. Today’s worshippers are mostly just sleep walking through their prayers and ceremonies. They are less connected to God and more connected to rituals, in my opinion.
I feel more connected to God through this movement with my private prayers and devotion, than I ever felt in an official “house of worship.”
Stay well and thanks fren.