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[–] 14184751? ago 

Yes, I've read it and was the catalyst for my post since it was being talked about. I disagree about organized religion, completely: The body is the temple, not a brick and mortar place. Organized religions inevitably create Temples/Mosques/Synagogues/etc, growing ever larger and more extravagant to show "how great they are" and as result demand more of their followers to give more and more money for the status and upkeep of such grand edifices, and their "front men". Mormon church is no different. No thanks, I choose personally not to indulge any more of Man's interpretations of spirituality.

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[–] 14196482? ago 

I agree that the body is a temple. I agree that we should not follow man’s interpretation. Curious on why You think God is opposed to organization? Do you believe God organized the world? Planets? Solar Systems?

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[–] 14198501? ago  (edited ago)

"Curious on why You think God is opposed to organization? Do you believe God organized the world?"

First, I never said "God" (or whoever) wasn't, in the aspect of creation, especially of the examples you offered; i.e. planets, etc. That is completely different than organized religion. The difference is obvious and should be apparent by my original post, where I stated:: I've studied world religions as a hobby.

Short version: Creation by a greater force/intelligent design; i.e. not man made, versus a man made opinion of how it was all done (organized religion). Further than that, no man or group of men can agree, thus creating splintered versions of an original opinion with their own opinions inserted or changed completely; e.g. Christianity, Islam, Mormons, Buddhist, Shintoism, Judaism, et.al. All of them man made.

Think of it like this: We know someone built the pyramids. What no one really knows is how. No, seriously, you were taught wrong in school...they really don't have a clue and have stated this repeatedly. Ok, so since they don't know, they create forced perspectives to explain it with this or that theory based on their own observations and limited understanding of it all. Thus, you can logically follow that a) it was created, b) unknown means, c) force perspective thought, d) accepted theory since it sounds good. This, however, doesn't make it correct. It is the same difference with Creation vs organized religion.

Does that make my point easier to understand or did I just go too deep? =)