Monday, April 28, 2014

A beginning...

If you've followed my posts on Facebook and Cowbird, you know I've been interpreting the King James Bible for the last few years. I began with the Psalms and the Story of Job, Available at Amazon.com in Paperback and Kindle editions, and then began an intensive study of the Minor and Major epistles of the New Testament. I've just finished the 2nd Epistle to the Corinthians and will soon publish the Letter to the Hebrews.

But all this has led me to a unique insight into the meaning of the scriptures and how they are to be applied to our lives. Perhaps the most important insight is that Religion is not Faith.

Religion is the rites and rituals we use to try to justify ourselves to God and one another. It is, in many cases, a way of easing the fears of others by congregating in a common building and adopting the words and methods of the group to "fit in".

Faith is the inward turning of the self to understand the will of God, the Creator and Keeper of the Universe. Faith is the commitment of the self to a higher understanding of the Human Condition. Faith is a desire to be more than your mortal self will allow.

Can religion bring you to faith? That is one of the topics we will explore as we venture from this beginning.

I will post the various chapters of the Scriptures here, along with my interpretations and commentary, and you are free to respond and comment. My only request is that you refrain from attacks against others or foul language. Those comments will be moderated.

1 comment:

  1. Wow!! You are very insightful in many ways and speak the truth as God would speak it!! You definitely know what you are talking about and this makes total sense as my eyes open wider just reading this!! Hopefully people will read and open their eyes wider as you speak from your Heart, Fred!!

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