Did God mean for worship to be private?

[Da Skinna]

I mean, churches in some places don't even get taxed a cent while they keep asking their parishoners for more and more. Yet you can't get to God if you don't go through these people.

Did Martin Luther have it right back then? Does he have it right today?

[MasterAdnin]

The idea of donating to a church is ridiculous. Look at how the Roman Catholic Church uses it's money. Velvet and gold everywhere, expensive paintings on the walls. They take advantage of those who turn to them for spiritual aid. They have basically turned religion into a corporation.

Salaam,
Adnan

[Otherside]

The idea of donating to a church is ridiculous. Look at how the Roman Catholic Church uses it's money. Velvet and gold everywhere, expensive paintings on the walls. They take advantage of those who turn to them for spiritual aid. They have basically turned religion into a corporation.

Salaam,
Adnan

They did this when the catholic church was created its in their nature.

as an atheist im more inlined to protestantism to as it seems the less corrupt.

[Serious Spamurai]

They did this when the catholic church was created its in their nature.

as an atheist im more inlined to protestantism to as it seems the less corrupt.

You've obviously never seen a mosque.

[gaius valerius]

I'm Atheïst but I support the Protestants all the way. Religion should be a private thing, in this Luther was very much right. Of all Christians, protestants are those who know the bible best. Catholics are total weeners (excuse me ) compared to protestants when it comes to knowledge of the bible.

What god meant however, how can you tell for sure? It's humans who interpret his words. And if any, the catholic church was interpreting it in the strangest of ways...

[Chaigidel]

I dont believe the intent was ever " Make a false Idol to worship over me"

[Pontifex Maximus]

I don't know what God wants, but I know that fights involving people that think they know what he wants occurs often.

[roy34543]

I only support donating to churches if its neccasary for their survival and that of their priests.
Remember that churches are spiritual and community centers for many people. while im not of the christian faith i can see their value in any area where christians exist.

[gambit]

I'm sure God wants it to be public, as in people being outspoken with their worship. Did Hitler want his fellow nazis to keep their beliefs to themselves? (Yes, I just compared God with Hitler) No, he wanted them to be proud and loud about what they were, I'm pretty sure he did at least.

However I don't think it would work as many religious people (christians) are annoyingly agressive with their religion and would shove it in peoples faces, so to say.

[Chaigidel]

you act as if god is as petty and stupid as a man... It is not a man

god has no need for public displays or faiths to encourage it's existence.

[gambit]

It's not much of a means to prove he exists but people showing they truly believe. If someone tells me he's a christian but only prays in private where he's alone, my initial reaction is he probably isn't that proud and believing of a christian. It's just like if someone said they loved music, but if they heard their favorite song in public they just sat there and acted like they didn't hear it, makes no sense to me.

[Chaigidel]

god is constant and all around us--- add to your analogy its more like if you hear your favorite song in public and you hear that song every moment of every day of your life and you are never without that song.

so why would you make any notice of hearing that song in public when it is beside you at all times?

[gaius valerius]

That song would become boring and I'd go search for another one Though making the analogy with religion is perhaps to farfetched.

[gambit]

Indeed, IF I do go to this thing called Heaven I hope God doesn't just preach to me all day or eternity will be even longer than I could've imagined.

[gaius valerius]

Actually this doesn't bother me at all. When I'm dead it's over. All I have is this moment. This moment with the ones I love and hold dear. The end.

[gambit]

Actually this doesn't bother me at all. When I'm dead it's over. All I have is this moment. This moment with the ones I love and hold dear. The end.

Amen brother

[Chaigidel]

a mosque which is equally blasphemous to any house of worship-- ive seen gold ive seen all manner of foppery adorned on them.

[Farnan]

I don't go to church, I worship in private. But my idea of a perfect church would be a gym like-room with no adornments and folding chairs for seating where people would wear normal clothes.

[gaius valerius]

I don't go to church, I worship in private. But my idea of a perfect church would be a gym like-room with no adornments and folding chairs for seating where people would wear normal clothes.

Like in Borat...
that looked fun

[Da Skinna]

Hey, I asked a hypothetical question. IF God existed then what would he want, people dishing out money to get to him? Does he want people to prosper, even in corporations, or does he want people to be happy?

To me, it doesn't matter if he exists or not, it's what he wants, and even that in itself is open to so much interpretation.