I agree with your opening sentence completely. You separate there man made theology from spirituality. I as a Christian have a problem with denominations which are a fancy way to say divisions. God had nothing to with any of them.forming. all man made. I've met the least informed people concerning God's word in churches. The Bible says believers are of the Body of Christ and CHrist is the head. Not thr pope, not an ecclesiastical body or synod, not any man. Most of what calls itself Christianity isn't Christian at all but in name.
That's still a religion, albeit looser than the church. However, there is a lot of overlap between this generic form of Christianity and deism, pantheism, and panentheism (and panpsychism by extension). Taoism fits well within this worldview, too. I think the actual character of Jesus would be much better company than his followers, particularly the weaponized christian types who want to make America a theocracy.
I agree with your opening sentence completely. You separate there man made theology from spirituality. I as a Christian have a problem with denominations which are a fancy way to say divisions. God had nothing to with any of them.forming. all man made. I've met the least informed people concerning God's word in churches. The Bible says believers are of the Body of Christ and CHrist is the head. Not thr pope, not an ecclesiastical body or synod, not any man. Most of what calls itself Christianity isn't Christian at all but in name.
That's still a religion, albeit looser than the church. However, there is a lot of overlap between this generic form of Christianity and deism, pantheism, and panentheism (and panpsychism by extension). Taoism fits well within this worldview, too. I think the actual character of Jesus would be much better company than his followers, particularly the weaponized christian types who want to make America a theocracy.