The road to hell is engraved with good intentions

Oh damn it's another Monday.I am already kinda pissed at myself as I have misplaced a half done book review.I thought that I had emailed it to myself yesterday evening as I was doing it but it just turns out that I had just mailed to myself an empty message.Aaaaargh!!!Oh well there is a chic pal of mine who has told me that she is becoming a Jehovah's witness.I found that kinda disturbing even more so after I did some research on the net but I was diplomatic and I told her that as long as it makes her happy it's ok.She told me to ask her some questions and it seems that she is still a fledgling and quite ignorant.So I told her that I would give her some time to read up then I would ask her the searing questions that need to be asked.
One thing that really gets to me is spiritual ignorance.Sometimes some of the most spiritually ignorant people are to be found in church.Don't get me wrong I am not saying that I am a know it all but too many people do stupid things without basing them on firm scriptural study and analysis.I have heard too many people say "pastor says.." without knowing what the bible says.I have met all sorts over the years, I have met staunch adherents to the health and wealth gospel.The ones who believe that if you are not rich and number one in all that you do that there is something wrong with your faith, deftly ignoring the fact that many people in the bible who did God's best work had little to their name; some of them portray Jesus as the Bill Gates of them days ie really rich.A friend of mine told me of a keisha that he went to where at a point in the night the pastor said "It is time for us to love one another,"thing is I don't know if he left immediately or later.Another pal told me how she went to a church in the UK and joined the worship team.Time for practice they were told to strip when they practiced so as to present themselves to God with no impurities.When I was doing web work I used to work for the church that at one point in time was rehabilitating langas/prostitutes, anyhow I was putting up their statement of beliefs and how the church is run.First of all scripture was twisted more then a pretzel at a bakery when it came to discipline their leader was beyond reproach, he had even quoted the scripture "touch not my prophets..."What this scripture meant was that God didn't want his prophets harmed it has nothing to do with them not being disciplined!I could go on and on with examples but what I think I am trying to get at is that if you don't research and know the spiritual path that you are taking there are many who are more then willing to take you down their own roads and you may find out the truth too late ie when you are committing suicide or destitute and penniless.
ps:due to public demand post archiving has gone back to weekly as oppossed to monthly format!