Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Thank God for religion (?) -- (2)

Another problem of religion is that it is often used to "judge" people.
A teacher would say, "You must love God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind." But who do you think you are to judge whether a person is loving God or not? He would say, "You don't need to follow those who don't love God." But are you saying that you are capable enough to judge if someone loves God and someone doesn't?" This type of judgment will just expose what kind of level of love are you in because we would judge people according to our own level. ("For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get...")
Therefore, instead of judging whether someone is loving God or not, we need to humbly learn better/deeper way to love and keep growing all the time. One expression of love is to follow someone or obey someone, but another way to express love could be not just following superficially but take responsibility to accomplish what the lord wants to accomplish... something like that. Therefore, it is always safe to consult with our conscience--in a way, think more about how God look at you than how people look at you.

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