Seek the LORD while He may be found; call upon Him while He is near; let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion on him, and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.
Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy. Blessed is the one who fears the LORD always, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into calamity.
Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you. For there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.
Pray tell how a religion based around the teachings of Jesus Christ is a system of control? He was fuckin anarchist! I can tell you think all you see is all there is 😂
It terminates the exploration of your inate spirituality, essentially neutering it by redirection.
Spoken like someone with a superficial understanding. “The kingdom of God does not come with observation; nor will they say, ‘See here!’ or ‘See there!’ For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you” (Luke 17:20-21).
And that was written long before a scam cult was formed around those words.
You've only proven my point.
You are purposefully conflating the teachings of Jesus with organized religion in a disingenuous way that probably comes naturally to someone who lives in the spiritual gutter. I've proven your point? 😂Yet you lack the ability to articulate how? Because you are full of shit.
"Listen!" said the White Spirit. "Once you were a child. Once you knew what inquiry was for. There was a time when you asked questions because you wanted answers, and were glad when you had found them. Become that child again: even now."
"Ah, but when I became a man I put away childish things."
"You have gone far wrong. Thirst was made for water; inquiry for truth. What you now call the free play of inquiry has neither more nor less to do with the ends for which intelligence was given you than masturbation has to do with marriage." The Great Divorce -C.S. Lewis Chapter 5 https://scored.co/p/141s2EMVaJ