Churches are too full of doctrine. Doctrine is the ideas and beliefs that men and women [but almost exclusively men] have decided are important. People can say that their ideas come from the Bible, but they still choose which ones to hold onto and they shape them. There are lots of doctrines that are just plain hurtful.
There are very few doctrinal ideas that come from Jesus, and the few that you find, he often superseded with love. In other words, when Jesus saw an opportunity to love, he set aside rules and beliefs because love was more important.
We don't know if our doctrines are right. People insist that their doctrines are right, but we don't, we can't know. Doctrinal disputes have led to the creation of over 33,000 different denominations, all claiming to have the market on truth. People are crazy!
We can't know if our beliefs are right. But what we can know is that love is right. We humans should spend less time trying to believe it right and just love people.
Relax. Live and let live. Live and love.
It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.
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