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\u201cIf God was not, He would have to be invented\u201d by MM<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

These are the words of Voltaire the French philosopher. And as we look at the death and destruction globally, the hate and hypocrisy in religions, the greed of the world\u2019s billionaires, the wannabe billionaire leaders, and the poor, the weak who are always among us, where else can man and woman get solace in these times?<\/p>

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As HIH Haile Selassie said, \u201cReligions are all made by man\u201d and time controlled, hence like the times they must evolve. The time has come to realize that our technology-controlled youth of the world demand more than wordy speeches. Religion has got to be active and reach out to help people in physical need. Religion must evolve with the people, especially now, as our future generation rejects the basic activities of the Church, now reduced to the once a week preaching and collection of the widow\u2019s mite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the Son of Man declared, \u201cPeter on which I build my church\u2019 his words were clearly mis interpreted, as Peter means \u2018rock\u2019 of which the churches are built. But it is man, flesh and blood on which the real church is built, and the devil continues to prevail against man.<\/p>

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Over the past two thousands years, the proliferation of rock churches throughout the world gave rise to religious ceremonies, which for the most part fed the spirit but left the poor and hungry, still poor and unfed. The rock called for clearly was not a stone building but mankind being the Church. The people, the rock on which the Church is built are expected to care for the sick, feed the hungry, visit the imprisoned, help the helpless, and care for the children.<\/p>

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The Basilica is erected in Rome on its own land and commands authority as an independent country, with its own laws and constitution. The Church of England is headed by the Throne, the King or Queen, and the people of God pay tithes and collection, to maintain the service of the church buildings and the clergy who live and maintain the rock churches. Had mankind listened beyond the word \u2019rock\u2019 they may have heard, \u201cFeed my lambs!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today rock churches all over the world are empty, some have been turned into places of entertainment where young people disco instead of giving praise. Those antiquated and misinterpreted commands of the \u2018church\u2019 are now ignored by the youth, whose moral platform has shifted to technology, without spirituality.<\/p>

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If mankind does not consider the teachings of love, and kindness, and personal responsibility for each other as the \u2018Church,\u2019 the next generation will continue to praise technology, instead of giving thanks for the use of technology to make life easier for the poor and dejected to rise as they are entitled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Church needs to reinvent God for mankind.<\/p>

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