Is Human Happiness a Product of Churches?
Churches of men such as the Worldwide Church of God and its splinter groups have always led gullible people to believe that they are the source of happiness, light, truth and the path to God. The world has also been led to believe that men went to the moon in a rocket ship. Many believe mankind did go to the moon and many believe it was a hoax of mass propaganda. Either way, are human beings any happier because of it? What church ever prevented human problems such as divorce, auto accidents, sickness, disease, war or a myriad of other human conditions that are always a part of our world? Like it or not, churches are merely a means to control and free money for its founders and rulers.
Would humans actually be much more happy if they did not go to church? To believe that going to church is an automatic ticket to happiness is a false premise. Of course friendships with other people can be found in going to church, but sitting in pews being indoctrinated with mush, is not particularly beneficial. Those who sit in pews are treated as school children who must be told what to think and what to believe. Those standing in pulpits pretend that they are "masters" of all the knowledge that God wants human beings to be aware of. Other non-Christian religions are likewise believers that their belief system is what "truth" and "happiness" is all about. Every pastor and church wants more followers and the reason is more than obvious, because it grows their bank account.
Do churches guarantee happiness, truth and eternal life if people live by their rules? They may say that they can guarantee happiness, truth and eternal life, but in reality they cannot. What pastor of any church group has the power to prevent sickness, disease or accidents that rob humans of happiness? For that matter what human government has such power? Not even tithing, observing the Saturday Sabbath or keeping annual "Holy" days has the power to prevent sickness, disease, divorce, adultery, accidents, wars or to guarantee wealth and material blessings. Church or no church, religion or no religion, all humans are subject to time and chance and the problems of life that are common to all human beings. Not even the rich and wealthy are immune from such problems. The conquering of other nations by bully nations, does not guarantee happiness or solve the problems of humans on earth, but rather they promote more problems.
The bottom line is that no pastor, no church, no government, no organization of humans has the key to happiness, truth or life. Finding your own way in life is a personal quest and learning never stops as long as we live. Listening to public speakers as if public speakers (preachers or politicians or?), will lead anyone into a human utopia is a false hope. In the end, it is your personal responsibility to find your own purpose in human life and preachers are not the answer, nor is anyone responsible to preachers. All preachers will do is take you captive to their thinking and for life if allowed to do so, all the while robbing you financially so they can build monuments to their own private vanity.
Happiness, truth and life are NOT products of churches, even if and when they tell you they are.
Van Robison
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