Religious Arrogance is a term that came up in my head this morning. I thought to myself , it is something , that we who have been affected by it (“the churched”), does a lot to US when we take part in it.
– it keeps us UNDER PRESSURE
– it keeps us stuck in One place emotionally and spiritually-
– it can taint or alter your personality and can suffocate it
– it takes away identity
– you may become robotic in your thinking and your behaviors
– while you are under the LIES of it, it causes you to lie to yourself and compromise much without YOU realizing it
-you are consumed with “Doing Good” instead of being truly productive
-you eventually get to a point where you think you “know better” than most
-and for some, it causes them to think they are going CRAZY
Religious Arrogance , to me, is this “RIGHT” that you have taken upon yourself to wield power and knowledge to yourself and others and HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE LIVING GOD!
You end up suffering and paying an unnecessary price…. the loss of YOU
AND a proper understanding of the ONE TRUE GOD!
CARE to share your thoughts on this one or add to the list..?
I think this all the time : being religious is just a habit we learn and/or form in life and it can be about anything… And the arrogance that comes with it should make us SICK–
like it DIDN’T when we took part in it and still do at times…
I know where most of my freedom will come from… and that is not to be worried about what people think…and just to please the Lord period..with the best I have…try to REDEEM the time with anything that regards truth and wisdom and FORGET THE REST…. GEEZ!-
I want to coach people to not allow any longer RELGION or religious behaviors and ideas to consume them so much that they can’t or won’t be able to hear GOD when HE does speak…
The institutional church and religion have made it too difficult and taken away from the SIMPLICITY that is in Christ!