No 967 of Living Life Series 1
In Chinese culture, there are various levels and forms of religious practices from the most philosophical and out of reach to the masses to the most simple and popular - just believe and get what you want.
In other cultures too, this is true and applies to any religion. That is why the prosperity gospel can even be popular in modern society. Men think that God will proper them if they prosper the house of God. That indeed is correct in a way.
While some may be critical, it must be realized that there is in men the need to do things differently and at different levels. There is no right and wrong. All are right in some ways.
Of course, people will even graduate from one level and form of religion to another and some from one religion to another.
God and saints will not interfere in the choice of men but men may say that they speak for God and saints. God and saints remain silent and silence does not mean concurrence or even difference. That is the way of divinity.
That is why the good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 descended in 1969 to re-orientate men to go for the common basic teachings in all forms and levels of religion and in all religions.
Men can continue to choose to be different but must not lose sight of the commonality of the basic teaching for men to be good and at peace. Men often lose sight of this and go for the frills and thrills. That of course is to be expected of men.