tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732919976442735382.post173890801551663062..comments2023-10-08T10:24:24.396+01:00Comments on Stephen's Liberal Journal: Not losing my religion, but my church may lose meStephen Glennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03027718551675624433noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732919976442735382.post-18547039145332742602012-04-23T20:50:47.885+01:002012-04-23T20:50:47.885+01:00I've often wondered why a person of true faith...I've often wondered why a person of true faith needs to be a member of an organisation that purports to represent that faith. I see faith and religion as being linked but wholly distinct.<br /><br />I may go to a church, but that does not mean I have any faith at all. The church is an irrelevant interpretation by men who have a vested interest in the interpretation they put upon their faith.<br /><br />If I have faith that will, of itself, sustain me. I need no church.<br /><br />The two are not mutually exclusive, but neither required the other. A church, though, tends not to exist without an initial, and probably simple and untarnished faith. Faith, pure faith, has never required a church to create or maintain it.<br /><br />Be as proud of your faith as you are despairing of your church. Retain the one and discard the other.Tim Trenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00698536468287397610noreply@blogger.com