The religious freaks and fanatics

Matthew 7:16

You will know them by their fruit. Grapes aren't gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles, are they? (International Standard Version (©2008))

This is a plain and simple rule to test if one is a true or false prophet. A good tree will produce good fruits and surely you cannot expect those thistles and thorns to produce grapes or figs.

Religion is a very controversial and contentious topic.In every religion , there will be different versions or sects.Even among those theologians who are scholars of the religion , they can have different interpretations.

In Christianity, there are many denominations and there are two major sects, the Catholics and the later day Protestants.

Among the Protestants , there are again many divisions or denominations, each following their own way of serving God.

All roads lead to Rome, just as whatever church you belong to , it will lead to God.

Those who judge others have committed a sin ,they do not understand the workings of God. God works in mysterious ways. Can a mortal mind understand the mind of God? Is his knowledge far superior than God?

There are bigots and holier than thou followers in every religion. They will quote Bible verses to back their actions but these people do not have love for their fellow mankind. They are only preachers without faith.They can be very extreme or fanatical about their belief.

If you have no love for others, you are like an empty gong.What use is your Bible knowledge if you only use it to control or show off or ram your superiority down people' throat .

Why do people judge others? There is only one judge and we all stand before Him when the time comes. We are all children and servants of God and we all stand before Him.

Those who judge others , think they are more holier than you ,they feel more self righteous,and like those Pharisees of Jesus era, they think they know the law or God's word.

They interpret God's word and say it is God speaking. Their interpretation is just their interpretations only and not God's word. God's word is what is written every word for word in the Bible.Their interpretations can be taken out of context or due to their poor command of English or their level of spirituality and understanding of God.

There are pastors who would tell you not to eat chicken or meat , girls should not cut their hair , men should not shave, women cannot wear pants ,cannot watch T.V, movies, VCDs or DVDS or curtail your personal freedoms .

Some pastors or the elders of the church rule their church like their own fiefdom and not God's house.Some religions are not religions but cults when they worship the leader instead of God.

The Bible was written 2000 years ago and there are many grey areas. But these pastors made their own rules and all those sheep's just follow blindly,like the blind leading the blind.

There are those churchgoers who just follow their pastors as though he is God in person ,not realizing that he is made of flesh and blood and bound to make mistakes .

They attend the Sunday services without fail and then it is back to their own sinful world. If one were to question those pastors or do not agree with the church policies, they would be made to feel unwelcome .

You hop from one church to another looking for the perfect church but there is no perfect church in this world.