Reflection Of Religion

Question 2.

Within the last five to ten years of my life a lot has changed. One of those things that have changed is the way I see theology, the study of God. Five years ago I had already started working in ministry as a senior and serving pastor of RCDM ministries in Gastonia, NC. Having been brought up in a very conservative theology, in other words, in a very legalistic kind of setting, at the beginning you was very difficult. For once, the legalistic and closed-minded theology helped on a personal level, nevertheless, when one is in that kind of mind-set, it doesn’t take too long when you are trying to impose that kind of mentality to others. And this is not what we are here for as Christians, we are here to show the love of God to everyone,

In his book “the future of illusion.” Freud states that religious training is the product of weak minds and frail intellect. The argument is made under the assumption that in the long run nothing can withstand reason and experience, and that religion contradicts itself by offering the mystical and the realness of life in one setting. On the contrary, this humanistic way of looking at God does not change my way of looking at God. Yes, God may be invisible; nevertheless, he’s real. Perhaps, the most renowned contemporary god in today’s society would be “Self.” When one sees he’s or her own needs and wants, the psychology of this would be called narcissism. Psychology today identifies it as “an extreme selfishness with a grandiose view of one’s own talent and cravings for admiration.” Buddha and Jesus’ teaching were basically similar. The Buddha said: that desired was a root cause of suffering and the people should say to eliminate desire. On the other hand, Jesus thought to seek first the kingdom of God and everything else would be added later. The Buddha said that he was not divine; Jesus on the other hand, said that he was the Son of God. The main difference between the Buddha and Jesus is that Buddha died and still dead, Jesus also died but on the third day Jesus arose from the tomb and He is in Heaven preparing a place for you and me. In my perspective, Hinduism has a weak theology, for you if you need and a specific god to do one thing and another god to do something else, it doesn’t make sense to me. In Hinduism and theology there are more than 3000 gods and goddesses. Whereas in Christian theology we have only one God, one who is all-powerful, all-knowing, and that’s all I need. Atheistic and I