Just in terms of allocation of time resources, religion is not very efficient. There's a lot more I could be doing on a Sunday morning.
Bill is absolutely right. Religion is not very efficient. It never has been and never will be. Efficiency is not the goal of religion. Efficiency is not the goal of a Sunday morning worship service (at least it shouldn't be!). To focus on efficiency or relevancy or any other thing besides God is to move away from the heart of worship.
I know that our society has gotten further and further from this concept but when Yahweh originally created Sabbath (which most Christians observe on Sunday, in theory) the goal was to move us from a mindset of production (efficiency) to rest (inefficiency).
Sadly, Gates and so many others don't see why religion is worth their time. What is worth Bill's time? What is worth our time? Is worshipping God worth our time despite how irrelevant and mundane it may be?
My two churches are far from being relevant to most in our town. We are far from being professional let alone great in our worship. We struggle to sing hymns with any real musicality. Our services are not powerful experiences were people leave knowing they have experienced God's presence. Yet we come together. We worship. At least we try. And I hope that is worth our time.
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Consistancy is so much better than a "great experience." And things are so much different from a heavenly perspective. That you still try to worship, that you press in, is the most beautiful things in the heavens.
Which is to say, your effort is more than worth the time.
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