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I was actually reading this passage recently and thought about how this warning against religious corruption by clergy may be the most ignored thing Jesus ever said.That was part of it. The real threat is the truth that was being said and people that were being influenced.Jesus was a rebel against the authority of the temple and they killed him for it.Churchgoer? Jesus was no churchgoer because there was no church. Jesus was a rabbi and gave many, many sermons. Does Sermon on the Mount ring a bell?There is not a religious organization on the face of the earth that does not have blood on it's hands, that is why I have rejected all of them. Jesus was not much of a churchgoer. It seems he went around just being an example of how people should be. We practice true religion when we help each other, all the rest is just spiritual mumbo-jumbo.It is perhaps a little unfair to hold the sins of the early church against it but I have done so myself in the past. I continue to feel it has been way to slow to address the priest molestation scandal but at least on the surface they operate primarily to serve the poor, sick and ignorant knowing that human suffering is a barrier to enlightenment and grace.
There are no greater sins that I know of than an active genocide and molesting children
Try again.
He did say in Mathew 23:1 that sadducees and pharisees SIT ON THE THRONE OF MOSES, therefore do they all they tell you to do, but don't follow their example.
Church leaders will fail and the teachers of will be judged more harshly.
Yes, they killed Him mainly due to their cushy little gig they had with the Roman authority etc.