Religion is like BAD BREATH...

[Elizabeth]

I wonder why we can't smell our own bad breath? That is the last thing you want to have when you are in ministry!

Bro Phillips says that everyone needs use mouth wash, he even said take a bath in it! Lol!

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by Cindy

Do you just like the taste? Or do you THINK you have bad breath?

I love to munch on them.

[Timmy]

So, how do you guys define the word "religion"?

[RevDWW]

Originally Posted by ManOfWord

Religion is the absolute worst thing that could happen to anyone!! Religion will KILL you!!!

Pure religion is the absolute best thing that can happen to anyone. Pure religion brings life.

James 1:27 (KJV) Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

James 1:27 (TMNT) Real religion, the kind that passes muster before God the Father, is this: Reach out to the homeless and loveless in their plight, and guard against corruption from the godless world.

[Sandra]

Originally Posted by RevDWW

Pure religion is the absolute best thing that can happen to anyone. Pure religion brings life.

There is nothing GOOD about RELIGION!! Its about relationship.. NOT RELIGION!! thank God!

[scotty]

Originally Posted by Sandra

There is nothing GOOD about RELIGION!! Its about relationship.. NOT RELIGION!! thank God!

so then what is the meaning of the scripture that is quoted ?

[RevDWW]

Originally Posted by Sandra

There is nothing GOOD about RELIGION!! Its about relationship.. NOT RELIGION!! thank God!

James was wrong?

[scotty]

Originally Posted by RevDWW

James was wrong?

Apparently , (tic)

I believe they refer to organized religion. Not in the relationship sense your refering to.

A very good friend puts it this way

the "religion" is your tradition, your ritual, what you do..aside from the relationship driving your ritual and tradition...when religion is what you do because of a relationship, then it is a good thing..

[U376977]

Originally Posted by scotty

so then what is the meaning of the scripture that is quoted ?

Please... almost everything we do in "church" has nothing to do with the practice of the primitive church. We:
1. Treat buildings as sacred when there is nothing holy about a building; that is Jewish and pagan, not Christian.
2. Sit in pews, silent.
3. Listen to a preacher speaking behind the “sacred desk” pulpit.
4. We go to “church”—instead of being the church.
5. Follow an “order of Worship” to the determent of “letting God have his way.” God is forced to move within our order or it does not happen.
6. Dress in white shirts and ties!!! Don’t you know Jesus wore a three piece suite!
7. Shave that facial hair! (I guess Jesus was close to committing sin because he had is beard “plucked.”) He must have just not had time to shave.
8. Come to the “alter” and accept Jesus. If Jesus would have had an alter with him he would have made everyone kneel down—Zacchaeus, Peter and Mary and the thief on the cross did not actually get saved since they did not have an alter and did not get “baptized.”
9. Treat the “pastor” as if he were “god.” After all he is the final authority on everything…
There are many more examples of “religion.” This is what has killed the effectiveness of the church and why it is dying.

The next move of God will come outside the walls of a church building and most will miss it because it did not come in our “order” or thru our “denomination.”

[scotty]

Originally Posted by U376977

Please... almost everything we do in "church" has nothing to do with the practice of the primitive church. We:
1. Treat buildings as sacred when there is nothing holy about a building; that is Jewish and pagan, not Christian.
2. Sit in pews, silent.
3. Listen to a preacher speaking behind the “sacred desk” pulpit.
4. We go to “church”—instead of being the church.
5. Follow an “order of Worship” to the determent of “letting God have his way.” God is forced to move within our order or it does not happen.
6. Dress in white shirts and ties!!! Don’t you know Jesus wore a three piece suite!
7. Shave that facial hair! (I guess Jesus was close to committing sin because he had is beard “plucked.”) He must have just not had time to shave.
8. Come to the “alter” and accept Jesus. If Jesus would have had an alter with him he would have made everyone kneel down—Zacchaeus, Peter and Mary and the thief on the cross did not actually get saved since they did not have an alter and did not get “baptized.”
9. Treat the “pastor” as if he were “god.” After all he is the final authority on everything…
There are many more examples of “religion.” This is what has killed the effectiveness of the church and why it is dying.

The next move of God will come outside the walls of a church building and most will miss it because it did not come in our “order” or thru our “denomination.”

Ok

Now that you have vented your personal problems with organized religion. (and please, refer to "we" as "people", I'm quiet sure "I" don't share in the broad brush problems you have painted here, thanks)

I go back to the original question:

What is the meaning of the word "religion" in the scripture that is quoted ?

James 1:27 (KJV) Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.