If church and religion are part of what God wants then why are most churches seperate racially?
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The fact that most churches are divided has nothing to do with God it is us as individuals, we know what God require of us and yet still we don't put into practice what we know and believe God is not the problem we are.see god doesn't want religion either what he wants us to have is a relationship with him see if we get caught up in religion we'll be constantly questioning which is the right one when we have a relationship with God we begin to know and understand
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There are multitudinous denominations, many of which have long since run their course and died out. After all, how many Puritains do you know today?\n\nGiven the inclinations of human nature, it is theoretically possible to posit an argument that there are as many "denominations" of Christianity as there are Christians. Yes, belief in the divinity of Christ is the central premise of all strains of Christianity, but beyond this, beliefs and values can differ widely. Look at the difference between Baptists and Congregationalists, for example. Within your own church, no doubt you know people who have very different personal values from your own: does that somehow invalidate their belief in Christ?\n\nGiven that the scriptures talk of our personal relationship with Christ, I think it is fair to say that the church is less a building or organization than a structure of faith within our hearts and spirits. Thus, as many Christians as there are, that is as many denominations as you might find.\n\nPeace!
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Too many stories like this----------one of the reasons I left Christianity for another religion.\n\nAnother story--\n\nA couple (unmarried) moved to the fairly small town where my parents lived.  They went to church and quickly tried to become active in it.   My mother proudly told me that the minister (Methodist Church) told them they were not allowed to come to their church anymore as they were living in sin.  If they wanted to be members they must marry first.  They married and became active in the church.  I'd have told them where to go and found another church.\n\nSame church-------several Black women started to come to the church.  This town had only recently ''allowed'' Blacks to move into town------yeah!  In 2004 it was.  My mother's friends commented, ''It's alright.  They sit in the back by themselves, and don't bother anyone''.\n\nThis is the same Methodist Church that has ads on TV saying they are the church of diversity and open doors to all?
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Well, I think religion is too close a word for it. I think it's belief structures in general (as atheism can't really be called a religion, but are as closed off as everyone else). But here's the real conundrum.....religions are based on people usually preaching tolerance, forgiveness, and an openness to the world around them (all good ideas)........then they establish a church/temple/holy circle and it's all about one side versus another. Now, do churches/temples/whatever want to dominate one's soul, money and personal freedom? absolutely. Religion, like race, is merely geographical, and in the end, everyone is the same. We should keep it to Good Ideas and leave Beliefs where they belong, silently sitting next to Opinions.\n\nBut hey, that's just my Opinion. :P
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I personally do not do not think God wants us to keep to or own color or race, after all we are all Gods children! I believe god is more concerned with the spiritual than the physical. What bothers me is when the children of mixed races get the brunt of racism or that they may be torn to decide what race they belong to and therefore feel ostracized by both. This is so sad.
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well..he only wants one church of the body...many people are separated by the churches rule and don't follow what Jesus wants by having political and other inimportant things in the church..not everything is bad...but he only wants us to worship him alone. they are a lot or churches but they are separated...he wants us all to be together in one body..\nchurch is not a building or anything like that..\nthe church is a group of people who come together to worship the Lord
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I agree, the people of this world have forgotten that God wants us to LOVE one another. No matter what religion or race. We all came from the same place. Our world is really a mess. I guess all we can do is Pray for things to get better. GOD BLESS YOU, for caring..
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Shouldn't all churches be multi-cultural/multi-ethnic?  How is a (Christian) church supposed to spread the Word of God throughout the nations if they don't spread it to other cultures?  And how can you spread it to other cultures if you're not multi-cultural, yourself?  Heaven will be multi-ethnic.  Shouldn't we be...now?
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Please do not confuse RELIGION with GOD.. \n\nReligion is a man made organized political system that rules your church..\n\nGod wants to have a personal relationship with you.\n\nGod doesn`t care if you wear make up or pants to church or eat meat on friday. God is NOT Baptist, Catholic, or methodist.. \n\n<><
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Jesus says in His word that there is just want church.  And is the one who seek His is spirit and truth.  Even there's a lot of denomitation, for God there's no denominations, only the ones who really seek Him and His word, and follow His word are part of the church would Jesus join if he returned to earth in our days.
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I not know about a race, but most religions have simlar values and moral beliefs.  The might seem different but if you boil them down to their basics they are basically the same thing. So if God had a race he would have won a long time ago.
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The world is not so divided.\nYou could try ‘religious and not religious’\nBut I really don’t get why different religions feel the need to differentiate them selves from each other.  Its almost like watching Sunday football backing your favorite team, vandals, hooligans and all.
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There is no such thing as separation of Church and state in any government documents....that phrase originates with liberal media types over the last few years to try to remove Christianity from our heritage as a nation.....all the founding Fathers prayed and even had services in the Capitol Blgd. often.
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You don't say! I'm greek too and I totally agree with you. But in our country there is a huge misconception of the church's role throughout history. It is thought to be one of the nation's "saviours" during the "Greek Independence". Of course that never happened, but it's a big discussion...I'll just confine myself to say that greek state and church MUST be separated, but I'm afraid that this won't ever happen...The Church is a very strong lobby and even worse it has an intimate relationship with the present government. State and Church share the same interests...Τόσο απλά.
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It probably means that a church is being split into two different groups or sides with no middle ground.  For example, the church members may be extremely liberal or extremely conservative with no members that fall in between.  I'm just guessing, though.
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the Church is both human and divine.  it is human because it succumbed to its frailties and many leaders committed sin and corruption and yet it is divine because it still exists and will continue to exist as God's family.  there is only one church with so many branches.  the reformation started when some christians wanted change from outside of the roman catholic branch of christianity while the counter reformation started when christians wanted change from  within the roman catholic branch.  both are a result of God's intervention to know him better and to be like him.
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Most countries already have a seperation written right into thier constitution...but there have been times I wish the church had more pull.\n\n+D