Then some Pharisees and scribes *came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said, 2 “Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.” 3 And He answered and said to them, “Why do you yourselves transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition? 4 For God said,…..And by this you invalidated the word of God for the sake of your tradition. 7 You hypocrites, rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you:
8 ‘This people honors Me with their lips,
Matthew 15:1-9 (sel)
But their heart is far away from Me.
9 ‘But in vain do they worship Me,
Teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.’”

Tradition!!
Years ago, my eldest coined the word ‘tradishma’ a mashup of tradition and dogma. What the Church in general and various denomination to greater or lesser degrees have done for 1900 years is meld traditions, many pagan, with a patchwork of manmade rules (dogma) loosely justified by snippets of Scripture.
This is not an easy truth to process, in fact many get rather angry or hurt when they learn this. I know, I did! Proceed for some fireworks!!
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