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I fully agree. My premise is that many who go to the traditional church merely worship the church and/or the pastor...it's misplaced faith, I think.
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I've seen that. I attended one church in Scott Co. for about 5 years. The pastor could have said 'jump' and 9/10's of the congregation would have said 'How High?'.
There is a fine line in that regard. One has to be careful how they regard a pastor or other leader (religion, politics, it is all the same). They must be respected because of their calling. But at the same time, great care must be taken so that one doesn't begin 'worshipping' (for lack of a better term) that person.
One thing a person needs to remember is that while a pastor should be respected, they also are still a fleshly man. Open to all of the trappings that befall all mortal men.
Sadly, many enter the ministry not as a matter of calling, but as a means to acrue wealth and community standing. You can see it every day by watching the various religious programming on television.
But one must also take care to not throw the baby out with the bath water and judge Christianity as a whole based on charlatans like Benny Hinn or any of the other health & wealth frauds out there.
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