Day 14

Sunday, October 25, 2010

Went to church with my grandparents. They are into this crazy church called Unity. I do not approve. They are not true followers of Christ. Unity appears to be a new fad that I hope goes away. It was all about “spirituality” but there was no actual religion. To people who don’t know any better it gives the appearance of a God centered religion. But look deeper and you will notice that its all about me, and empowering humans – trying to make us more important than God. Everything was rather self-centered. How can I improve my life by being spiritual and meditating? Consumerism religion for the masses – just give us lots of money for our spiritual books of enlightenment and you will be healed of all your troubles. God is free, and he is the one who holds all the power.
It was missing all the important stuff – there was no deeper meaning, no commitment to a truth more profound than anything you can imagine. No talk of how Jesus died for our sins. They even go so far as to say the bible is just one of many “text books”. They claim the whole Old Testament doesn’t even count for anything other than history and an allegorical representation of our spiritual journey. I do not see them as being after God’s heart.
Unity is all about joining hands as we each try to find our separate ways to God. Except there is only one way – through Jesus Christ. God is jealous and does not tolerate competition. Combining other religions and meshing them together does not work. If you truly understand both Christianity and Islam, you will know that we do NOT worship the same God. Just ask anyone of either faith. Those who don’t believe in God at all are the ones who keep insisting that we do.
Some of their songs are about how great God is and how much he loves everyone, but that’s all the mention he gets. They try to make everything sound good with fluffy talk about peace on Earth, but it just sounds so fake and shallow without the Holy Spirit guiding the way. God is not all happiness and puppy love. He is definitely loving, but there is more to him than just that. This church way overdid the love factor, to the point where it lost all meaning. Love is powerful, but only when you truly mean it.
Anyway nobody fall for that trap please. The Unity church is not what it seems, dig deeper and you will realize it is not a way to find God. After church we just hung out at home and watched movies with Chuck.