Religion Kills ( Circa 26 February 2006 )

What is religion? It is the noun of the word "religious" which is a verb. What does that mean? Religion is what a "religious" person has. So what does it mean to be "religious".

To be religious about something means to be extremely focused upon doing a certain thing, the actual word "religion" has nothing to do with God, it can be used in reference to God, but it can be used in reference to anything. You can be religious about brushing your teeth, taking showers, putting your left shoe on first or being in bed by 10 ( obviously I'm not in bed by 10 .. haha )

So why is religion associated with God and the following of spiritual leaders? Cause "religions", ie, Buddhism, Mormornism, JW, Scientology, Islam, they all have a set of "things" you need to do in order to follow that "god". Henceforth, you need to be "religious" to follow them. Like, you need to pray in a certain position so many times a day, or you need to talk to a certain amount of people, and give out a certain amount of pamphlets or a week, or give this much money to the "church" ... so on a so forth.

THAT IS WHY RELIGION KILLS

God does not want, or need you to do anything for Him ... He wants to have a relationship with you. If you read my blog from a few days ago "what the heck is up with Christianity", you'll remember that pretty much Adam and Eve were chillin with God in that sweet pad He hooked em up with, they blew it, He had to kick em out, but He loves us and He is working to bring us back. He wants to have that relationship with us, He wants to chill with us ... That's what matters, not the things you do, not the "religious" tendencies.

This is where us as humans jack it up ... we always think we need to work to get something, when really ... once we've got that relationship we don't need to to jack. People get sooooo focused on "having to do things", being "religious" that they lose sight of that "relationship".

What if you were married, and you spent all your time doing stuff for your spouse ... but never spent anytime with that spouse? That relationship would be dead, I would much prefer to just spend time with someone I love, rather than have them constantly doing stuff for me. Now, because I love them so much, I will do stuff for them ... but my focus is still that relationship ... It's the same way with God.

RELIGION KILLS

Because it takes the focus off of the relationship and back on you, and what you have to do.

Stop complicating it
Don't worry about "rules" and stuff like that in a relationship with God ... the true relationship just works out perfectly, without being constantly concerned about what you are doing.

Thanks for reading

until next time ... rock it with a smile

much love
buddy xxx