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Christianity: The Un-Religion
There is a difference between ‘religion’ and ‘Christianity’. Here’s the distinction…
Religion (ex: Acts 26.5) is all about you and me. It’s about what you and I do or don’t do. It prescribes things to do/not do in order to gain God’s favor.
Religion isn’t ultimately about God. It’s about… Me. It’s about my devotion, my commitment, my doingness. And when we get together in a group setting, it’s about ME VS. YOU. We can’t help but establish a pecking order to see who the priests, pillars, and heretics are.
Religion is a human impulse. We are religious in nature #seculosity. Even if you might not subscribe to any one religion, you will seek religion in other things. You will bring a religious fervor to whatever you do. We all do. Just look at social media… #crossfit
Over time, Christians have done the same. They’ve turned Christianity religious (#wwjd). It’s become a club of ‘good’ and ‘clean’ people doing ‘good’ things for God and climbing a ladder of piety for Jesus. We see this in both politically conservative and progressive churches in the US.
But if you’re self-aware, you know, as I do, that though you have plenty of good days, you’re also pretty busted in a lot of ways. You don’t live as ideally as you think you should. You fall down in a lot of ways. If you’re like me, you’re kinda…
