THE PURPOSE OF
RELIGION.
(from my notes)
WE LIVE IN A
PLURALISTIC SOCIETY.
RELIGION MUST EVOLVE
TO ACCOMMODATE THE CHANGES MADE BY THIS SOCIETY.
THE PURPOSE OF RELIGION
”GOD GIVEN” IS TO PROVIDE A LAW AND
ORDER SITUATION IN SOCIETY AT A HIGHER THAN STATE OR GOVERNING BODY LEVEL AND TO BRING ABOUT A BROTHERHOOD CONCEPT INTO EXISTENCE. (e.g. Islam)
“MATERNAL” RELIGION HAS
NOT BEEN PROVIDED WITH THE LACUNA TO ADAPT TO THESE CHANGES, (WHAT WERE A FEW THOUSAND
THEN, TODAY AND IN FUTURE IS GROWING TO OVER A SEVERAL BILLION.) HENCE OUR RELIGION
DEVELOPED FROM ITS OLD MATERNALESTIC RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS OR DOGMAS IF INCLUDED
AT THAT TIME TO ACCOMMODATE MORE PEOPLE WITHIN ITS FOLDS AND THIS PROCESS IS EVOLVING
EVEN TODAY; THEREFORE A CLOSED DOOR RELIGION IS NOT THE ANSWER TO A BROTHERHOOD
TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THAT THERE IS BUT ONE GOD. (GENERIC)
THIS IS WHAT I HAVE
HEARD FROM EL-SHADDAI QUITE SOME TIME AGO. IT IS PUT HERE FOR THOSE ENGAGED IN THEOLOGY (OURS).
PUT INTO PRINT ON 21ST
APRIL 2015. S.R.T.
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