Of course, I still struggle some with James 1:27 where James, the brother of Jesus, and one of the leaders of the Jerusalem church talks
about pure religion that God accepts and finds faultless.
«I still struggle some with James 1:27 where James, the brother of Jesus, and one of the leaders of the Jerusalem church talks
about pure religion that God accepts and finds faultless.
Not exact matches
I am reminded of what Jesus said
about the
purest form of
religion being taking care of the most vulnerable of society with widows and orphans and to keep from being polluted by evil, in this case the love of money over meeting the needs of the poor.
Time to end the «nice people don't talk
about religion» bullsh!t and see
religion for what it is — 100 %
pure crap!
In actuality, their plan was
pure brilliance as in one fell swoop they killed the main leader of the unrest, then created a mythology
about his divine heritage putting the Roman leaders in charge of the new
religion, and after all this time, still have control.
If liberation theologians, in solidarity with the victims of modernity, have no illusions
about modernity's quest for «
pure reason,» we are just as disillusioned
about the quest for «
pure religion» in classical sacralisms.
Now in these lectures I propose to ignore the institutional branch entirely, to say nothing of the ecclesiastical organization, to consider as little as possible the systematic theology and the ideas
about the gods themselves, and to confine myself as far as I can to personal
religion pure and simple.
You want the whole of 911 to be
about religion...
pure religious reasons that isn't tainted by politics or ethnicity, Sorry kid, it doesn't work that way though.
He who has penetrated the mystery of
religion will cease wanting simply to convert the believers among the other high
religions; moreover, his desire is twofold, to give and to receive, to represent the
purest form of Christianity to others and in turn to learn
about the most intimate character of the belief of others.