For some time now I have been posting fairly regularly attempting to make the case that modern Churches have lost the plot. Basically all Churches and all denominations.

To recap: I grew up in a dead Church, so dead, could not have been more dead, so I was not kindly disposed to Church in general when i became a believer.

The problem was the Churches I went to didn't seem to look anything like the Churches we read about in Scripture. I've heard all the excuses and honestly i haven't found them terribly compelling.

To put it simply you could never recreate the modern Church using just Scripture. Just the idea of people all sitting in one direction while one individual talks at them would seem bizarre to first century Christians. I'd go so far as to say it's just not Christianity.

I've had Catholic and Ortho brethren tell me that only they know how to "do" the sacraments. Just for one example of this not being an accurate statement the Eucharist was not wine and crackers but an actual meal shared by the entire Christian Church. This is clearly stated when the Apostle Paul castigates a body for getting drunk and eating all the food. Has anyone ever snuck into the back of a Church and eaten all the crackers?

This video series goes into more detail...

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