1. ReligiousReadings
Adriana de Melo Proença.
Which does meansthereligiousword?
TobindagainthemenwithGod, a GreaterBeing, Cosmic Energy,
orhowyouprefertocalltheHigherBeing case youbelieve in.
The lastarticlethat I wrotewasaboutmyreligiousexperiences.
Thisarticlelikethearticlebeforeisn’t a research, only a commentaryaboutreadings.
Finaleoftheaugust, beginingofseptember I was Reading gospel books. How I
wasadventistthesereadings are easyto me.
When I frequentedthatchurchusedto Reading ProphecySpirit’sbooks werewrittenby
Ellen White. Shewrote: Jesus’sbiography, aroundprophets, ancient kings,
aboutpsychology, healthandeducation.
In my time as adventist, weusedtostudytheBible. There are a guide-book abouttheme.
EverydaywestudiedtheBible. WhenarrivedonSaturdaymorning, wemade a resume
aboutthatweek. Afterwehad a lecture.
Said that a adventisttheologystudentgotto come into in Vaticano’s Files. He
researchedaboutSaturday in Catholicpapers. He showedhistext for topriests.
Theystooduptoaplaudhim.
Likeadventists, it’sforbiddenus: to drinkalcohol, tosmoke. Ourfood: don’teatseafruits,
pig’smeat.
Sex? Advice for afterthewedding. Marriagesallowed are written in Bible. The
marriedcouple decide howavoidkids. Divorceistolerated.
Aboutproceedingoftreatwith medicine there a adventista manual. I knowthatblood’s
Exchange isconsented.
The aliens, adventista believe in life in other worlds. Paulo, theapostlewrote: We are
spectable for tothemenandtheangels. Others worlds
watchedthefightbetweentheBlissagainsttheEvil in our Earth.
I readthe Ellen White books, andothers gospel books. Seen me that I
cantospeakaboutreligious books.
The firstofthebook’srollwhat I readwas, IsThere a Creator Who CaresAboutyou?
ByWatchBibleandTractSocietyofPennsylvania ¹. It starts with a scientificquestions.
After it isexplainedabout’sworld’sbeginingbyBibleversion.
I rememberedmyuniversity times. Debates between Science
andreligionmadesufferedmyself. Tobelieve in theBiblebeliefwasn’t a goodthing. I
thought it.
The other book called, What Does theBibleReallyTeach? ²
Twocuriositieswereexplained. Firstly: Watch Tower saidthat Jesus wasdiedbystake,
notcross. In theancient times tofixonstakewasthe common punishing.
Secondly: patients, membersoftheWatch Tower Churchdon’t use toacceptblood in
thehospitals. For them, bloodislife. The Biblesays: don’t drink oreatbloodfromanimals.
It includedbloodottheotherbeinghuman.
The Watch Tower are writtensoclearandhavedetailswith verses oftheBible.
The third book waswrittenby a religionchief, Valdomiro Santiago ³. It is a
testemonywhenhischurch, Mundial Churchwasclosed. He andhiswifeprayed for
thatchurchandherreopining.
It’s a book veryfastofread.
O Perfeito Sacrifício * by Edir Macedo wasthefourth book. Edir Macedo isthechiefofthe
Universal oftheKingdom’sGodChurch. Universal churchhave a channel, Record TV. In
his book hewroteaboutChristSacrificeandquestionofthereligion’stax.
2. AlsohowWatch Tower books, Macedo basedyhat book with verses oftheBible.
The last book That I willcommented are poems. Thesepoemshavethemes as homages
forto: mother’sday, father’sday. Pastor’sday, women’sdayandbiblicalheroes. It canused
in schoolswhenhavecommemorative dates.
Myopinion:
I read a lotaboutreligion. I frequentedthreereligions. Mymindopened for
tomanythoughts.
AfricanandIndigenousreligionwasknewto me acrosstexts, articleswritten in magazines.
ReadCandomblé by Roger Bastide.
I knewtheKardec’s book, learntthatspiritistreligionbelieve in
theevolutionnandfreeopinion for tochoicetheir paths ofthehumanbeings.
Unhappily Idon’tknewmuchaboutislamismandreligionsfromOrient (just a book
aboutConfucius).
Where are wefrom? Wherewillwe go? Wichisourmission? Howisgod? Does
existthedemon? Howishe?
They are questionsthatweasked. There are peoplethatkeeping in their Faith
firstandothersthatlooking for a new.
I believethatreligionorphilosophy are a goodway. Too badisthefanaticism.
Choiceyouway.
Bibliografia:
¹ WATCH TOWER. Isthere a Creator Who CaresAboutYou? Cesário Lange (SP):
Torre de Vigia, 2006. 223p.
² WATCH TOWER. Watch Does The BibleReallyTeachs? Cesário Lange: Torre de
Vigia, 1998. 191p.
³SANTIAGO, Valdemiro. Lágrimas no Deserto. São Paulo: Igreja Mundial do Reino de
Deus, 2010. 95p.
*MACEDO, Edir. O perfeito sacrifício. Rio: Gráfica Universal, 2004. 69p.
*SOUSA, Eliel lago. No princípio era o verso. Edição custeada pelo autor. 80p.