Rejection of the lies that are the foundation for all religions and acceptance of a personal connection with the spiritual and God/the universe. None of the above, the short answer.
Yes, all religions are bullshit, spiritual connection is the way
Jesus Christ is a spiritual rebirth.
Religion is man made. Therefore it's never going to do good because any organization will go bad given enough time.
This is the correct answer. All organised religion is merely an interpretation of spirituality, and therefore is just a variant of propaganda just like the "mainstream" media.
what makes you think you can just connect with God/the universe? As if there are no stipulations
That shit was made up by the church. What makes you think there are stipulations? Thw CHURCH told you. Ask and He shall hear you.
That "God" is like you is something you made up. God is holy, and you are not. Do you really need a church to tell you that?
There is one mediator between God and man, and you ain't it.
I've thought about this a lot. Using the Bible as an example, where is the structure for what a "church community" described and laid out? Where does it say "There will be a preacher, and a power structure of the greatest priests. They will preach in churches, gilded with gold and incredible artworks. A depiction of the Christ will hang over the entire scene." You know what that last sentence really sounds like? IDOLATRY. You know what following the words of a man who claims to have a closer connection to God than you sounds like? HERESY.
Is the word "pope" or "bishop" or anything similar even used in the Bible? Did Jesus lay out this plan for how his faith was to be conducted? No, he didn't- his view on spiritualism was very minimalistic, very personal, likely influenced mostly by John the Baptists' teachings. Where did John do his thing? In a massive, expensive temple? Nope- he did his thing on the beach. I would argue that he was closer to the divine than a priest in a golden temple standing upon a pulpit with an image of a dead Jesus as a backdrop.
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