no propaganda please wrote:
No, God has given us life, The Word, and reason, and the Bible to guide and govern our development.. Man has developed the church allegedly as a means to worship God, but the earthly church has often morphed into a power base for unscrupulous people. Today's church is often just a social organization rather than a group of people gathered together to thank God and ask for the Lord's guidance and blessings.
I can agree with this. I've seen all of these occurrences myself. I would add that there are some denominations that honestly believe that their theology is the ONLY way to get into Heaven; all others are guaranteed a direct trip to hell.