What is the worst form of legalism you have seen or heard of in the church?

Question

What is the worst form of legalism you have seen or heard of in the church?

Answer 1

Eh?

Answer 2

cults that tell ppl wht holidays to keep, what clothes to wear and monitor everything their members are doing!!!!!!!!!!

Been there did that for 20 yrs in a Non Trinity cult...now Methodist...

Praise the TRinity!

Answer 3

so you are gonna use the answers to troll Christians huh? LOL@YOU

Answer 4

Golly gee, I'd say anything that says you have to have or do something extra to be a good person...the point is to be a good  person...if you keep giving them a lot of other baggage to worry about, of course they're going to think they have to have that more than just the efforts of being good require...wouldn't they?

The trappings of any religion are there to help a person keep focus, give them something to lean on when we run into those times in our lives when it's just not so easy to be a good person....but they were never put there to replace the main thing...

Answer 5

can you give an example so we know what your talking about?

Answer 6

I once was part of a group-  men were not allowed to wear wide ties because they were in style (thus worldly),  we were not allowed to listen to the radio or watch television,  women were not allowed to wear sweaters,  the list goes on and on.  BTW,  this was not a "cult", this was a Pentecostal Bible School.  I have no comment.

Answer 7

woman can't wear pants

Answer 8

Unless you are high up on the Mormon chain, and tithe 20% of your gross income, you are not allowed into the higher areas of the temple.  The is ludicrous.

Answer 9

Can you be a little more specific?

Which church (or do mean any church)?

And what do you mean by "legalism".

It will make it much easier to answer you.

Answer 10

Once I had to put a scarf over my head in order to participate in communion.  That's not so bad, though.  It's unfortunate that the "no drinking, no dancing" stuff was so prevalent.  People thinking that they can't enjoy life because of religion.  

Answer 11

That unless you were saved using the King James version from 1611 you are not saved.