I knew that mentioning the whole "what is the definition of religion" thing would not just slip by entirely. But as I listened to it, I recall that by the end, even having heard the beginning, that bad taste was still there. There is something problematic about the kind of even unintentional equivocation that occurs in the mind of the listener.
And then, as I read some of the more recent posts, this stuck out to me.
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Originally Posted by Igzy
. . . it's also about simply being deceived by a false substitute of genuine service of God.
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And my question then is "what is genuine service to God"? Is it:
- Some subset of our human activities?
- Things done in time of worship, during prayer/study of the word, during "fellowship," and when specifically doing "justice"?
- Anything that a Christian does that is not inconsistent with God's righteousness and not done for base reasons (which would be inconsistent with God's righteousness)?
What goes through our minds when we say "genuine service to God"?