Religion Or Relationship?
For this week’s column, I perused dictionary definitions of the word, “religion.” What I found wasn’t pretty. I’ll spare you the details, but suffice it to say, it was all about “bonds,” “obligations,” “duties,” “practices,” “rites,” “rituals”—mainly overt actions performed by human beings compelled to do so by the tenets of the particular system to which they adhere. Few sources even got ‘round to mentioning “beliefs.” No hint was provided as to God’s role, if any. Much was said about conformity and tradition, but…