"Traditions of Man"

 

"Traditions of Man" written and performed by SourceCodeX in 1983 Anti-Organized Religion Ballad

 

Back in the early 1980s, I discovered the truth about the origins and grave errors of organized religion and I was appalled. I officially left the organized "church", so-called, to meet with other believers in a novel simplicity. Once you have tasted of this way of worship, you can never go back. I wrote this ballad as my way of speaking out about my experiences with leaving organized religion. As far as I know, this is the first time this song has ever been shared beyond my immediate family, decades ago. 

 

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ONE: Traditional mainline Christian religion has failed. It is not just broken, needing a tweaking here and there. It is a failure because it has no validity in the eternal purpose of God. The way we Christians do “church” has no support from the scriptures. It is a thousands-of-years-old juggernaut with enough momentum to typically plow over and drown out most anything the prophetic Spirit of God tries to speak forth in simplicity and love among His people in these last days. 

 

The simple way the believers of the 1st-century “ekklesia” or the called-out ones aka “the church” -- was the intended way Christ would build His Church. Of course time and cultures would have altered it some, as the Spirit always brings His people into freedom and not religious bondage. But this simple way of faith was greatly distorted and polluted in the 3rd century. The roots of this problem sadly started even in the days of the Apostle John when he referred to the sin of the Nicolaitians in the book of Revelation. History clearly shows us what went so very wrong and remains tragically wrong to this day. I will not go into detail here and now as to what Christians should do to remedy this. I will leave those so moved to action by the Spirit to seek the answer in their own locale. 

 

TWO: The second problem the Church, (not the traditional organized one), and individual believers face, has grown out the fact that “traditional mainline Christian religion has failed.” 

 

You can watch video and listen to the song "Traditions of Man" here: https://eer-music.com/VIDEOS/Traditions%20of%20Man.mp4

 

(This song was recorded via one take. Guitar used an alternate tuning. Sorry for any errors and also for the guitar being slightly out of tune.)