Where am I politically?

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Religion is when two or more people feel they have the same relationship with the same God(s), ie belief and want to band together for mutual whatever.

And so they form religious organizations to 'assist' or 'consult'. Eventually those organizations become so corrupt as to insist THEY are the conduit to god.

They are organizations. Your priest or rabbi is only a consultant. He is not the religion. He and you may become members of a club - a social organization of people who share a common relationship to their god.

And that social organization does not change the bottom line fact. Religion is only a relationship between the man and his gods.

Too many confuse the Catholic Church with a religion. The religion exists with or without that church. The church is not a religion. It is only a support group - a social organization. And when perverted, the church becomes a political action committee - to impose their beliefs on all others.

And still, religion remains a relationship between the one man and his gods - no matter how often those social (religious) organizations try to pervert that relationship.