One With The Spirit In A Christian Church

By Rebecca Fox


There are certain things that an individual is expected to do, like graduating from at least high school if not college. They are also expected to get a job. Then they are expected to enter into a romantic relationship with a person of the opposite gender, and while attitudes are changing, they are still largely firmly set. This romantic relationship of two people from opposite genders is then supposed to produce at least one child, and ideally, two or three. This new family is also supposed to live in a house behind a white picket fence, with the father putting on a suit and tie and then going to work each morning while the wife stays at the house and takes care of the family and the home itself. Society also dictates that every Sunday, that family must go to a place of worship, preferably a Christian church Wichita KS, and pray for at least an hour under the guidance of a reverend or a priest.

People worship for a multitude of reasons. For some, it is a habit, something their parents and surrounding community instilled in them at a young age and something they brought with them all their lives. Other believe that they may have experienced something spiritual, something that confirms the existence of their deity of choice. Others simply have heartfelt beliefs and wish to express those beliefs.

Throughout history, religion has shaped the world. It was in its name, under the banner of the cross, that many countries went out and colonized other countries. Faith was also the foundation of many monarchies, with spiritual leaders often wielding the same level or even greater levels of power than a monarch.

Christianity is a religion. In fact, it is the one with the greatest number of practitioners. It began in what is now the Middle East, with a wandering preacher who was once a carpenter, who spread about a message of love and kindness. It is a direct descendant of Judaism, another monotheistic religion from the same region.

A church is a building where the organized worship is conducted. Generally, there will be a crucifix, since the carpenter who founded it was crucified for spreading around the message that people should be at least decent to each other. Now, in certain sects of the faith, the churches will be much larger and more opulent than others.

There are many different sects of Christianity. The most prominent one is Catholicism, which is also the only one with own nation state. Now, this is the branch that can trace its rooms back to the original disciples of the carpenter in the desert.

The messages will differ with each church. Others will remember that the carpenter reached love and forgiveness. Some will preach of punishing the guilty and of eternal damnation.

The reality is that there are unscrupulous individuals out there who look to take advantage of the religious beliefs that people may hold. Many of them will often ask for money and say that the deity they all worship says that the parishioners have to give it to the preacher in order to spread the message. Oddly enough, these preachers seem to forget that the carpenter whose footsteps they follow in often walked the desert on feet covered in nothing but simple sandals.

People worship. Religion is a part of society. There are churches for that worship.




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