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What is The Ecclesia? Is It A Church? Is It A Cult? Is It Important? Part Two of Three - by Ben Williams
"...the house (i.e. domain) of God, which is the ecclesia of the Living God, the pillar and ground of the truth." (I Timothy 3:15) Churches are proving grounds for religious tricksters, con artists and politicians. Churches thrive on greed and superstition. They prey upon the gullible. CHURCH IS THE GREAT AMERICAN IDOL, AND CHURCHGOERS ARE IDOLATERS. Some of us have suspected, for a long time, that something was terribly wrong with the church system. Now I understand why I felt uneasy about it. The answer has to do with the word "church" itself. "Church" is the English word used (by the churches) to replace the Greek word "ECCLESIA," in the English Bible versions. But "ecclesia" means something altogether different from "church." Somewhere, somehow, the wrong word was inserted and the right word was discarded -- hid under the rug. Why was this done? How long has this error been with us? The answer is a study in logic and history. More HERE
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Why I Do Not "Attend Church" by Kevin Craig
People often ask me why I do not attend church. Usually what they're really asking is, "Why don't you attend my church?" and obviously my answer must always take the form, "Here's what I don't like about your church." This is not usually a great way to make friends! It's nothing personal, of course.
A Conversation About Church If the questioner seems more interested in conversation than theology, the conversation lasts only a few minutes.
In both cases I find churches morally and theologically lax. And this usually ends the conversation. Some are more persistent, and if you're one of them, the conversation continues here. Here are my complaints: More HERE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Church: Who Started It? Who Came Up With the Idea of a “Church” - with an organization - It certainly WASN’T God! Lorraine Day, M.D.
The goal of this Bible study is: 1) to show that Christianity is not a religion. It is a personal relationship with Jesus Christ! 2) to show that God never gave any directions for, never endorsed, and never intended that His followers would form government-approved and licensed corporations, with membership, payment of “dues”, with self-appointed leaders hired and paid for by these organizations, to teach the members a specific set of doctrines acceptable to the specific organization, a set of doctrines endorsed by a human committee. 3) to show that Jesus, during His entire ministry on earth, including the time right before He was going to be crucified, never made any preparations for the setting up of an “Organized Church.” In fact, everything He did and said indicated that He did not want an “Organized Church” in any shape or form. 4) to show that His disciples were constantly trying to get Jesus to form an “Organized Church” as they were continually arguing about “who would be the greatest in His Kingdom” (Mark 9:34) and “who would sit on His right hand and His left.” (Mark 10:35-38) But Jesus would have nothing to do with that. He said, “My Kingdom is not of this world.” (John 8:36) 5) to show that God said, “I just want to be your God and I want you to be my people.” (Hebrews 8:10) (NO middlemen!) More HERE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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