me too
I also find this issue confusing. I put it down to humanity and its freedom of choice and/or gullibility. Jesus teaches that a church is not a place-it's the people. A rock can be your place of worship,or a hill or a grass hut.
Riches,gold and wealth are NOT of Christianity. "It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle,than for a wealthy man to enter the Kingdom of God"
Christianity is supposed to be about ONE God,ONE Jesus,ONE Mary.... Yet there are literally hundreds of different "religions" based around this ONE faith and many of them have vastly different ideals and perceptions of the truth.
Many of these "churches" sling abuse and ridicule upon one another whilst amassing untold wealth in the name of God- "tithing" they call it....a contivance upon which many rely in order to drain their congregation of 10% of their earnings each week.
Evangelists sing praises to God and JESUS while ASKING openly for money to build a BIGGER church...BETTER church and drive a $100,000 mercedes and wear georgio Armani suits and build "crystal Palaces"
YES it SICKENS me to know that this world has sunken to this low in the name of GOD. If you were the son of God,would you bother to make yourself known to a world such as this....tis no different to the world of a few thousand years ago. They'd STILL shout CRUCIFY HIM!!!
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