Bridge of Reason

  Under the heading RELIGION in Reasoning From the Scriptures, p.326, the Watch Tower asks, Is belonging to an organised religion necessary? They write: 'Most religious organizations have produced bad fruitage. It is not the fact that groups are organized that is bad. But many have promoted forms of worship that are based on false teachings and are largely ritualistic instead of providing genuine spiritual guidance; they have been misused to control the lives of people for selfish objectives; they have been overly concerned with money collections and ornate houses of worship instead of spiritual values; their members are often hypocritical. Obviously no one who loves righteousness would want to belong to such an organization. But true religion is a refreshing contrast to all of that. Nevertheless, to fulfill the Bible’s requirements, it must be organized.' Quoting 1 Corinthians 1:10 they say: “ Now I exhort you, brothers, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ that you ...

Unity is for people who might call themselves  spiritual but not religious . It is for those who sense the depths of their own being and celebrate the awareness of a power greater than themselves. The teachings in Unity bring together ancient wisdom with new interpretations of what it means to be alive and human. Unity inspires different ways to think about the force of love and intelligence that many people call God. [1]   Founded in 1889 by Charles and Myrtle Fillmore, Unity School of Christianity (now more commonly known as Unity) finds its roots in New Thought. [2] It is claimed that Unity began through Myrtle Fillmore developing tuberculosis. In her desire to be healed she attended a lecture about metaphysical healing. Sometime after this, as she had applied what she had been taught, she professed to have been healed Somewhat sceptical, her husband Charles began to consider metaphysics for himself along with the study of many religions and philosophies. It was d...