Superstition in Religion

Superstition is the new name for the old idols.

About the new idols many can tell: Shopping, inter-connecting, emotional arresting through television, fictional living through the Internet, busy-Babylon, to name few.

At the same time, the old idols remain grasping their ancestral hosts. Even to people struggling everyday to please GOD. Idols are everywhere. Religious tradition and pagan rites are among the most aggressive devices against wisdom.

Distracting devices of every kind are everywhere, always tempting someone around if not everyone at once. The closer the tradition is to Torah however the lesser damage seems to be drawn onto the soul. When I am occupied with a traditional task I am not likely to be doing wrong. However, when I miss to perform a traditional task in a religious context, the task becomes an idol since it brings superstition into play.

Superstition is a distracting device.

Supposing I want to reach a soul through example against slander, for instance, and sitting at their table I avoid eating what they serve to me, I guess I'll be distracting myself from my goal.

If we listen to Umberto Eco (superstition brings bad luck) we don't have to step back to the second Temple time to seek for enlightenment :-)

Too much religion and theology

I would say there is too much religion and theology and too less field work and love.

Sure not all of what is said of Yeshua him is Torah, yet I feel we're missing something really important when we leave his teachings off the plate:

- If you seek to save yourself you'll be lost.
- By their deeds you will know whom they are.
- The field is vast but the workers too few.

I have a dream: the servants of GOD will be noticed in the world by their actions against illiteracy, poverty and illness rather than by their thoughts and writs about their beliefs.

GOD servants will be noticed for they won't transmit a bad commentary on another person and they will refuse to accept it from anyone. They will be noticed for hiding their differences and behaving as one. They'll be driven by wisdom but love is all you get from them. They will pray and worship secretly but in the world they behave indistinctly from anyone else. They will avoid telling the world about their beliefs because the accusers will struggle to shut them down. They will be warriors in prayer, lambs among wolves in the world. I have a dream where nobody cares about the times to come until there's so much work to do here and now.

I have a dream where there will be no Jews, Hindus, Christians or Muslims. There will be those who serve THE ONE GOD and those who suffer and are in need for assistance. Even those we used to call our enemies are to be the target of our love and assistance.

I have a dream where people struggle to help others in order to help themselves.

Whose dream is this?

The Politics of God (link)

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