I think one of the things you and I have to learn is that we have to live without the consolation of belonging to a Church....Of one thing I am certain. The religion of the future will have to be extremely ascetic, and by that I don't mean just going without food and drink. Ludwig Wittgenstein
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The religion of the future will have to be extremely ascetic, and by that I don't mean just going without food and drink. The religion of the future has to be extremely ascetic because it will require us to live without the consolation of belonging to a Church. When we live in this world, we often lament that we do not belong to a Church. The problem is that this world is not what Jesus taught us.

Jesus taught us to love God and love our neighbor as ourselves. He also taught us to live in the world but not be of it. Jesus said, “I was hungry and you fed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was homeless and you gave me shelter, I was sick and you took care of me.”

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