INTRODUCTION
RELIGION IS NOT WHAT GOD SAID). What God said is clear, written in His Word [the Bible] and does not change based on societal mores.
The spirit of CONTROL is foreign to the Spirit of the God. The dictionary says that control is "to exercise authority or dominating influence."1 It was not the plan of God for men to rule over other men. Control was born in rebellion to God and historically first manifested in the administration of Nimrod; the father of religion and human government. Some would say that religion and human government are the same thing. Perhaps they are right. Dictionary.com gives this definition of religion:
God created man and put him in a Utopian world. In this paradise he gave him one basic rule. A simple rule. One that even my two year old granddaughters can understand – DON’T
TOUCH THE TREE! It is difficult from our vantage point to understand that very idea of human government was never part of the plan of God. The dominance of men who would exalt themselves to rule over others is the very history of humankind.3 Religion (and religious systems) were formed from this same concept by men like Simon Magnus (Simeon the Sorcerer), who sought to control the Spirit of God and thought something as base as money could buy him favor.
“a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affair”.2 Noticeably missing from the definition is the common expectation that religion is somehow a gift from God. Rather, it is apparent that religion is merely a system devised by men. I explain it more simply this way: RELIGION IS WHAT MEN SAY THAT GOD SAID. (NOTICE:
Those who are part of these religious systems or human 'governments' often think they have arrived at some selfcreated Spiritual utopia where they
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BERNIE L. WADE