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Aneirin -> RE: Church and God; One and the same? (7/25/2011 3:49:29 PM)
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Perhaps the same way as me, when I discovererd church was fuck all to do with god and more to do with the firm, i.e. from my experience god was not there, god was just a vehicle to use to keep the firm in operation, yeah catholic as well.
I once visited a church in Shropshire with a bunch of free bretheren friends, the church was basically a barn in a field surrounded by sheep. The barn church was from the past and was kept in good order by the National trust, but once inside I was impressed, it was just a whitewashed barn with pews, but no lectern, no ornamentation and no false idols to focus attention on, thus indicating to me those that in the past who came together to worship there sought the real thing. The barn church is I believe still a consecrated church
I also visiuted a church in Portugal and was astounded at the ornamentation inside and true to form it was there, the gruesome idols that catholicism seems to focus so intently on, and that indicating to me catholicism was a religion of fear, believe or the c firm will have your ass, there can be no dissenters to challenge the status quo.
Later I read articles that were denied by the church, articles that suggested something that I have come to believe, that god and the kingdom of heaven and hell reside within the person, what we experience is up to us and that purely by the way we think and feel. The church being the house of god, did it never occur perhaps god never had need for a house
But I suppose churches serve their purpose as museums and records of past craftspeople, who I believe put the best of their skill into churches.
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