Board Thread:Clubs/@comment-38195691-20191127162526/@comment-38207171-20200104232234

Chicken tornado wrote: I actually kind of feel like the word "religion" just doesn't describe Christianity/Judaism.

Here I'm copying and pasting the dictionary results:

Religion is a social- cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, morals, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that relates humanity to supernatural, transcendental, or spiritual elements.

Seems a little lacking in substance, and it feels to me like the word "Religion" is accepted in our society as less special then it was, which is why I don't like calling my faith a "religion" I agree as well, but Judiasim isn't the same thing as Christianity.

Religion tend to have a bunch of rules that "supposedly" mean you're a good person if you follow them. But being a Christian isn't a set of rules. It's not a list of things to do or a list of something to be. It's a relationship. You, God and no one else. Except in this relationship, the other person won't walk out on you, or hurt you, or lie and cheat. This relationship protects and loves and grows you. ​​​​​

My faith has never felt like a religion to me. It's not a chore, not a scheduled event, not ever a thing I "have to do." God does have commands and guidelines to follow, but He's never gonna throw me in hell because I wasn't able to do one thing or I choose to not listen. He's gonna come after me and wait for me to return. Yeah, sometimes it takes way longer than it should to come back to Him and say, "I'm sorry." I'm​​​​​​​ the one who sometimes walks away. Not God.