If somebody tells me a baseball is 6” across and filled with air, I wouldn’t consider them a representative of the sport. The Bible is the ultimate source of truth on that topic and many others.
That kind of bypasses his point. He's talking about having a relationship with the Supreme Being, not the intermediary (i.e., the pastor).
Any person claiming to represent any religion can say and do whatever they want to get what they want (as we've seen with a lot of the heads of structured religions engaging in all sorts of debauchery), but as GreatBee is pointing out, he's attempting to establish and maintain a relationship beyond the gatekeepers, the latter of whom are fallible and malleable to all the whims of materialism.
You won't be thinking that next time you go to your local pastor and he starts claiming you'll go to hell for not welcoming the gay.
If somebody tells me a baseball is 6” across and filled with air, I wouldn’t consider them a representative of the sport. The Bible is the ultimate source of truth on that topic and many others.
That kind of bypasses his point. He's talking about having a relationship with the Supreme Being, not the intermediary (i.e., the pastor).
Any person claiming to represent any religion can say and do whatever they want to get what they want (as we've seen with a lot of the heads of structured religions engaging in all sorts of debauchery), but as GreatBee is pointing out, he's attempting to establish and maintain a relationship beyond the gatekeepers, the latter of whom are fallible and malleable to all the whims of materialism.
All of a sudden, a lot of the crap I've seen you post makes sense now that I know you're a reddit tier atheist.