What is Wrong with Religion Today..

What is wrong with religion you ask? Well, at the risk of angering the masses, the simple truth is that just about all of them are willing to teach you "the philosophies of men, mingled with a little scripture."

Now before you cry heresy and gather the lynch mob, let's think about the statement. Let's start with basic Christianity (for brevity sake I am limiting the scope here) and it's countless denomination. The central figure is Christ of course, and he made some very absolute statements, which whether you believe them or not is irrelevant to the discussion, he still made the statements. Christ basically said, "I am the way," and then he went about setting up a church to facilitate the understanding of what he said, nothing wrong with that. His followers thought it a wonderful idea to jot down what he did and said as part of keeping a record for posterity. There is nothing wrong with that either, so far so good. Note though, no one was getting rich out of all this at the time either.

Well this perfect little enterprise for the good of all mankind was derailed during the dark ages, and the cart leapt off the proverbial road. Soon the masses could not read the basic story that was compiled, and other more "learned men," decided to interpret it all for them. Often time this service came for a price, and since no one could read anyway, why not alter basic beliefs to help them manage the masses along the way?

Enter a group called "the Reformers." This well intended group for the most part realized that the cart had left the road. Well, the whole thing needed fixing, and try to fix it they did. Except for one tiny little problem, they weren't there when it all happened, so they did the best they could. When it was all said and done, this well intended group ended up with an array of points they disagreed on. Still, the intention was good.