Not to offend, my take on YouTube video sermons.

[Mr. Ed]

My wife & I didn’t go to church this morning as we received the 2nd dose of COVID vaccine. My wife wanted to watch a YouTube video sermon as a substitute for church.

As searched various sermon titles, I thought so many people are looking for answers to amend their suffering and discontentment of self in the world. Why aren’t more people understand that all, including you, me and all that is are significantly connected together forming God. So collectively, the is of God consists of everybody and everything is the totality of God.

When I pray to God I am praying to essence of God that you, I and the cosmos setting into motion my concerns and desires to be answered. When I praise God I am blessed because it makes me feel good about myself.

I am told not many people have the awareness I do about love, life & living, for me I don’t need to attend church or read the Bible for spiritual nurturing or loss of understanding, what I know to be true is available to anyone by one’s desire to have it.

 

[Marie5656]

Interesting concept and thought. I think people enjoy being told what they want to hear. Something that fits their view on life.
I have not attended a normal church service in years. I feel we can find, and express our "faith" whatever it is, in so many other ways.
When I did attend church, it was more for the community than the message...which I often did not agree with. I like and agree with your last sentence. Seems to mirror my own views.

 

[Serenity4321]

I believe everyone is on a different path. I believe there are many many paths available and all going to the same place. For some that includes belonging to a religion and practicing the teachings of a particular church. Some benefit from that and I applaud them for finding something they find fulfilling.
Others (like me ) have found other ways to pray and connect with Spirit/God. Over the years I have read many different religions and philosophies and there is truth and beauty in all.

 

[Ceege]

Did you know that Buddha never wanted his philosophy to become a religion? He did not believe in holding people to tradition because he did not believe that organized religion fit into everyone's beliefs. It boils down to what some say about religion being in their heart. Your views that fit your life and beliefs.

Humanists believe in compassion, ethics, science, and nature. Four things one can really understand and stand up for in their lives.

Where some believe that God is a heavenly being, many believe that he is a force of goodness that comes every time we say, think, or do a good thing. (I've often wondered if that's where George Lucas got the phrase for his Star Wars movies, "May the force be with you.")

I do believe that all good people believe in the Golden Rule. That one phrase is an excellent way to live one's life.

 

[Mr. Ed]

I believe everyone is on a different path. I believe there are many many paths available and all going to the same place. For some that includes belonging to a religion and practicing the teachings of a particular church. Some benefit from that and I applaud them for finding something they find fulfilling.
Others (like me ) have found other ways to pray and connect with Spirit/God. Over the years I have read many different religions and philosophies and there is truth and beauty in all.

I question the part about everybody going to the same place, I don’t know for certain but given various beliefs and practices the afterlife may be similar to one’s expectations.

 

[Serenity4321]

Did you know that Buddha never wanted his philosophy to become a religion? He did not believe in holding people to tradition because he did not believe that organized religion fit into everyone's beliefs. It boils down to what some say about religion being in their heart. Your views that fit your life and beliefs.

Humanists believe in compassion, ethics, science, and nature. Four things one can really understand and stand up for in their lives.

Where some believe that God is a heavenly being, many believe that he is a force of goodness that comes every time we say, think, or do a good thing. (I've often wondered if that's where George Lucas got the phrase for his Star Wars movies, "May the force be with you.")

I do believe that all good people believe in the Golden Rule. That one phrase is an excellent way to live one's life.

I love reading thoughts about and from Buddha...and I have always LOVED Lucas' 'may the force be with you' phrase..and have used it

 

[Serenity4321]

I question the part about everybody going to the same place, I don’t know for certain but given various beliefs and practices the afterlife may be similar to one’s expectations.

By 'same place' I meant just a general afterlife. I agree it will be different for all.

 

[HoneyNut]

I've never watched a youtube sermon, but I have enjoyed the trending types like the catholic (I assume) guy who apparently reads sermons to people while eating breakfast and his cat does things like drinks his coffee cream and steals his pancake.

 

[Mr. Ed]

It seems to me that religion creates a social codependency between church and society. My parents believed attending church was a necessary obligation, perhaps to my father, but not to God. It's funny how the things you were led to believe as child are dispelled as folly upon one's independence from parental influence.

For example, when I was growing up a few well known preachers/pastors/clergy had an unreachable arrogance about their place on the spiritual food chain. They placed themselves above the people they were supposedly called to serve. Preachers, Pastors and Clergy are only men and women like you and me. They don't have special powers that separate them from any other human being. They, like all humans, have skills by which they conduct their trade, like a carpenter or brick mason. You and I are skilled by the talents we possess like a carpenter or brick mason.

Everyone is important, everyone has value or else we wouldn't be here.