salamat po@

“always watch for your lines….because,God above all always sees us through our heart!….”

The church has gotten so collosal and gained international church recognition that I felt it has undergone some sort of mutations from the original founded church, and this is usually what happens when an organization expands in numbers and members: there is no consensus over doing things, that is, each local makes judgment according to the number of people favoring a certain action, then it gets submitted to the district office, then to the central. Those who oppose simply kept quite; the administration does not investigate; it accepts whatever recommendation of the district or locals and it’s not uncommon for lords over lords to say “do not question, just follow” and I heard this comments many times. My reaction to this is “a blind leading a blind” and both of them needed to be saved. There are no checks and balance over how things are done rather there is a struggle or even “kissing ass” just to get things done, but it criticizes the doctrines of other faiths. Is this of God?

For example, the indoctrination process changed over the years, wasn’t this a man made decesion? nowhere in the scripture tells you that you have to wait a certain period of time to become a member of some religious organizations. I believe that one is free to worship as he or she pleases and sees appropriate because as human beings we are creation of men—sinners in thoughts and actions–yet the church doesn’t seem to understand this. Another issue I’m grappling with is the problem of unity, it seems that the church wants a total control of its members, not allowing them to exercise their constititutional rights over issues that impact the members. It seeks to secure its interest over godly teachings?

Finally, there is religious persecution that exist within the organization, again as a result of being lords over lords, and yes corruptions do exist. At one time I had hard time believing, but the one who told was a member of the finance committe, and told me who, what, and how much few people were receiving.

Fortunately, there is a separation between church and states because I find many of its teachings go against the constitutional rights of the citizens of the land. I am an insider, so I know how are things are performed. I find the fanatics severly “brain washed” and caused many others to be “brain washed” as well.

What many members would like to see is the reporting of the church financial statements, just like the practice of the Jehova’s witness, that is report how much was collected and how much was spent.