Think of it this way. Consider the Pharisees for example. They had the temple and the ceremony, and taught the traditions of men and not the Word of God. The history of the levitical priesthood of Israel, in whom was entrusted the "Oracles of God", is full of examples of how corrupt they became to the extent that Israel was taken into captivity by unbelievers.
Quite simple really. Unbelief in the Word of God by so-called believers results in ceremonial and ritualistic practices void of content.
Originally posted by josephw Think of it this way. Consider the Pharisees for example. They had the temple and the ceremony, and taught the traditions of men and not the Word of God. The history of the levitical priesthood of Israel, in whom was entrusted the "Oracles of God", is full of examples of how corrupt they became to the extent that Israel was taken into captivity by unbeliever ...[text shortened]... esults in ceremonial and ritualistic practices void of content.
Like white washed sepulchres.
Are you forgetting that little episode of Christianity called "Indulgences"?
"Surely no one will prove himself so great a bore as to contradict me in this. . . . The gods were bored, and so they created man. Adam was bored because he was alone, and so Eve was created. Thus boredom entered the world, and increased in proportion to the increase of population. Adam was bored alone; then Adam and Eve were bored together; then Adam and Eve and Cain and Abel were bored en famille; then the population of the world increased, and the peoples were bored en masse. To divert themselves they conceived the idea of constructing a tower high enough to reach the heavens. This idea is itself as boring as the tower was high, and constitutes a terrible proof of how boredom gained the upper hand."
—Søren Kierkegaard: Either/Or.
Originally posted by SMesq "Surely no one will prove himself so great a bore as to contradict me in this. . . . The gods were bored, and so they created man. Adam was bored because he was alone, and so Eve was created. Thus boredom entered the world, and increased in proportion to the increase of population. Adam was bored alone; then Adam and Eve were bored together; then Adam and Eve ...[text shortened]... stitutes a terrible proof of how boredom gained the upper hand."
—Søren Kierkegaard: Either/Or.
I don't recall ever reading anything so boring. 😉
Originally posted by josephw Think of it this way. Consider the Pharisees for example. They had the temple and the ceremony, and taught the traditions of men and not the Word of God. The history of the levitical priesthood of Israel, in whom was entrusted the "Oracles of God", is full of examples of how corrupt they became to the extent that Israel was taken into captivity by unbeliever ...[text shortened]... by sonhouse[/i]
[b]Are you forgetting that little episode of Christianity called "Indulgences"?
No, he's not.
Because both speak to "Unbelief in the Word of God by so-called believers results in ceremonial and ritualistic practices void of content."
Your example and his are both part and parcel of the same experience.
Originally posted by josephw Ritual-doctrine=religion
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