Greed is a sin, according to Christian and Muslim religions:
Faith is NOT trust, faith is an Expectation,
blind expectation is often based upon Greed,
therefore persons with blind faith are often people of sin.
Therefore only those whose mind is open and seeks to separate out the words of men from the words of God, do not sin. All those who accept the words of men combined with the words of God, are comfortable with sinning.
A person who wilfully is comfortable with the words of men that contradict the words of God, are desciples of demons and perhaps the devil.
Therefore, persons claiming blind faith, or persons unwilling to make an attempt to separate the words of men from the words of God, are desciples of demons and perhaps the devil.
Any person that speaks in God's name is a sinner,
therefore most, if not all, preachers and clerics are sinners.
The Bible and Qur 'an are based upon the Ten Commandments, the only words ever directly transcribed by God; both the Bible and Qur 'an accept this as the starting point of their religions.
Thou shalt not speak in thy name.
Thou shalt not revere any graven image (textual characters, pictures, the Bible, the Qur 'an, ...).
The Bible and the Qur 'an are the written works of men, not God.
If a person wants to celebrate God,
if a person wants to glorify God,
stop destroying God's creations !!!
http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/
Monetary Offerings were not ever meant to support the lifestyle of a preacher or cleric, offerings were created as an income tax to support the local community. At one time, the preacher and clerics were people of good character that had strong ethical perspective and they selflessly helped the local community; they had jobs to support themselves and their family.
People who send money to evangelists are supporting demons and are themselves the disciples of demons.
If a preacher or cleric EVER talks about a person not contributing enough to the church or temple, find another place of worship! Any preacher or cleric that describes himself/herself as the center of the church is demonic. The center of a church resides in the minds of each person attending church. The individual is the heart and reason for religion. Any preacher or cleric that professes a knowledge of superior behavior for individuals, is a demon. The heart of a person is only known to the individual, and can not be observed from their behaviors. A person that believes in God and holds God above all else, can withold offerings from a church because they believe the offerings are being used inappropriately.
Preachers and clerics are men and women, they have no closer relationship to God than any other individual.
There are two forms of information related to religion: facts related to God, and ethics relating all that is unknown.
Ethics can be taught, promoted, and used, separately from religious facts.
If preachers and clerics taught broad perspective ethics, than they would be useful. But they are sinners in the extreme, con artists seeking monetary compensation.
Proof !! If any preacher or cleric is offered superior monetary compensation from any other congregation, they will leave their present congregation. Even though their present congregation may need them more.
Most preachers and clerics are con artists, deceiving the people for monetary gain. Willing to twist words in whatever fashion that suits them.
Proof !! The logical structure of their statements are fraudulent. They make statements related to religion and society in flowery but fraudulent statements. They say things with similar structure as "Colorado is in Denver", not all of Colorado is in Denver. This is one of many ways that preachers and clerics deceive their followers. This is how once innocent people become disciples of demons.
You now know about this trickery, so you are no longer innocent. If you continue to have blind faith, you knowingly are a disciple of a demon.
The congregation is no better, because they are content sheep unwilling to use their minds to separate the words of men, from the words of God. Unwilling to hold their leadership accountable for not showing strict adherence to the Ten Commandments without using trickery to change its meaning. Unwilling to accept that they themselves have sinned all their lives by having blind faith and not actively seeking to separate the words of men from the words of God.
If a person claims to be of a particular organized religion, then they have the responsibility to be sure their leadership are not demonic. They have the responsibility to analyze all statements made in their organized religion to be sure there is no real world contradiction.
Eliminate those passages that are corrupt, then read again the religious texts of which you believe have a basis in truth.
Toss out those passages that are obviously in error.
For instance:
- we know the heavens and the Earth were formed billions of years apart, not 6 days
- we know that dinosaurs existed millions of years ago, long before 6,500 years ago
- we know that vague statements can be interpreted 100 different ways in 100 different contexts, resulting in 10,000 different ways to apply statements to a variety of different situations, useless; remove all vague passages
- ...
Thomas Jefferson attempted to do as such, almost 200 years ago. Haven't we learned anything since then? People choose to remain ignorant. People choose to live comfortably under demonic rule.
