Issue 670 You're always in Church September 3, 2015

Have you heard the expression that you are always in Church?  Well here is a basic idea of what it means.

You're in Church:  Your body's a temple.  This means that your soul and your spirit reside in your flesh, and these are gifts from God (or whatever deity you follow).  If you do not have faith, then you can just simply go from the spiritual perspective and it becomes the spiritual nature of your inner self.  However, in both these instances, the moral teachings of your faith or nonbelief follow you.  They do not just exist while inside a holy place or your mind.  You must use and follow them everywhere you go.  As such, your good behavior is not limited to your reverence, your church or holy place for you carry that holy place with you.  You are that holy shrine.  If your actions and morals do not match, then are you truly faithful?  Are you moralistic?  No, for if your morals do not match, then you are a hypocrite and your word is worthless.  Our actions are meant to be carried out everywhere, not just in one place.

Conclusion:  Using the idea that your body is a church, and that God is always with you aids those who struggle with the idea that they must be moralistic or follow the ethical codes of behavior outside of the physical church.  Likewise, those of non-faith require a similar idea, but in this case society watching them to maintain their moral beliefs outside of the target audience of their behavior.  Basically, humanity is so flawed, that we need to believe we are being watched to maintain our own personal codes of conduct.  We need a reinforcement or else we forget how to be genuine.  Some may disagree, but think about it.  What is the backbone keeping us from misbehaving as the faithful?  It is God, and the belief that we will be punished for our sins.  Non-believers only have society or something else like reincarnation to maintain such a backbone, but that is assuming they even concern themselves with such beliefs.  Hence again, the body as a temple, God is with you always, and not wanting to be the unauthentic, hypocritical and un-moralistic person.