A friend of mine recommends to me a religious show on television worth watching because of what he considers to be an expert articulation of the host who at the same time is the leader of his own congregation. Yes, the speaker, no doubt, knows the bible from cover to cover, but I find his views and comments acerbic, rabidly offensive and ill-advised. I must admit though that some of his views are very much logical. By and large, I would say that his television appearance is amusing and to some extent, his stage theatrics, comical. But for me, one who speaks ill-will and expresses words which are affront to a person or persons, or any religious group or congregation that do not share the same interpretation as his own of the bible does not bode well to the supposed christian advocacy that he is trying to spread. A person may have the mastery of the bible or may know or memorized every word written in it from A to Z but this does not mean that he has a superior dominion over everybody in regard to bible interpretation, much less expert dominance in spreading the words of God. Everyone who professes to be an evangelist no matter how noble his intentions are, must also show respect and concern to the feelings of his listeners particularly so that it involves such a highly sensitive topics concerning his beliefs. Otherwise, he may have have all the best interpretation in the bible but may end up a miserable failure in getting his message across his listeners because of his considerably weird style of driving a point to them.
The secrecy of any religion or or religious sect has to be respected and its attendant rituals by the faithfuls be freely observed even though they may run diametrically opposed to others own interpretation of the bible.
To me, there is nothing more paramount than to heighten the spirituality of a person and emphasize the real essence of "christianity". Spirituality is the bedrock of any faith regardless of any religious beliefs, while compassion and love of fellowmen and being of service to them particularly in their time of needs are transcendent of all christian beliefs. Every human being is a God's creation hence deserving of all the love one can exhaustively afford.
Religion for me not only guide us to the moral teachings of our Lord in our temporary existence in this world but also, most importantly, the illuminating lantern that will light our path towards life eternal.
