We, The Underground Church, recently put an ad in the Mountain-X entitled “A Church Apologizes.” We’d like to take a minute to expand on this thought.
We wrote it because we feel there’s a lot of misunderstanding about what Jesus said, then, and what many Christians say, now. A lot of people have an experience with the latter under the guise of coming from the former and in most situations the two couldn’t be further apart.
Jesus spoke of going on journey that would allow one, if they so chose, to get closer to God and some how have knowledge of this Creator. He spoke of an individual’s willingness to grab hold of this opportunity laid before them and together with God figure things out. Jesus spoke of love, forgiveness, peace with each other and peace with the Divine. He spoke of a wonderful world that was here and now and could some how be experienced through the lives of others.
Unfortunately the message that comes across now is anything but these things. The message turned into the following of “man made traditions,” and a blind unquestioning acceptance of doctrines that produce legalism and empty worship; the very things that Jesus condemned in the Bible.
We’re a bunch of people who are sick of superficial churches, empty worship and people who proclaim unconditional love but fail to give it. We’re sorry if you’ve had a similar experience. If your sick of church but still love God know that you are not alone, and God is still reaching out just as much as He ever has.
If you’ve had a bad experience and want to leave a comment please do and we’ll give you and apology personally.
