Are Textual Religions Sustainable in a Postmodern World?

"As I began to research my doubts and look at the Bible with a new set eyes, I came to the conclusion that I had been living a lie and that I needed to leave the ministry. This was a life-changing decision, but I did not realize how it would change everything around me.

When I felt I could, I approached and told my wife of my new decision. The next day I told Pastor Barton and I stepped down from the ministry. I was a mix of emotions. On the one hand, I was free! I could think again. I could dream! It was the most liberating experience I can ever recall! On the other hand, I knew that my decision would break my wife's heart and would cause a multitude of problems for Heritage Baptist Church and Pastor Barton in particular. Even so, I could not live a lie. I had to live as I believed. When I believed in Christ, I lived accordingly. When I ceased believing in Christ, I lived accordingly.

My pastor's reaction surprised me. Instead of showing the Christian love that he had preached, he began to blame me for a multitude of problems that would occur as a result of my sudden decision. My wife's reaction was even more surprising. She took me aside to tell me that she was praying for me. She then said these words, "I am praying two things for you: that you will either get right with God or that He will take you out!"

I asked, "Are you praying for my death?"

She replied, "God's honor is worth more than anything."

Read the full story HERE - All For Freedom

So much horror has been perpetrated through judeo-christian-islamic, textual based religion, that we must ask if this text-based ideology is even sustainable on any level in today's world.

Here is another example of that textual unsustainability: Four leading Israeli Rabbis sanction the murder of civilians in time of war

"Go ahead and hate your neighbor,
Go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of Heaven,
You can justify it in the end."
(stanza from "One Tin Soldier")

If the leaders of textual religions employ scripture to justify war and murder, can they really be relied on to teach peaceful unification and an end to war? If not, does this require the complete discarding of judeo-christian-islamic scripture or simply finding new leaders who provide more sustainable interpretations of the scriptures?

My opinion on this is clear and unequivocal:

Any religious leader who does not clearly and unequivocally support, uphold, embrace and fully teach PEACE, in fact, any religious leader that teaches anything other than PERFECT PEACE, teaches an agenda based on FEAR.

FEAR is no longer sustainable in our postmodern world.

Peace Angels,
mikeS