Hello millerod.
You posted - "When Christ taught it was outdoors on a street corner on steps and yet he glorified God because he walked in Love,"
You have forgotten that both Christ while He was here on earth taught within the confines of the temple. Also the Apostles tried to teach in the temple and got into trouble with the authorities for it, being told not to do so. Jesus also taught in local places of worship, such as His home town. So did Paul and the others. Remember there were no Christian places to worship in that time frame, and Christians were quickly excluded from the local synagoges.
After Christianity was declared a licit religion under the Romans the Christians jumped at the chance to have churches of their own. They abandoned the worship site in rooms put aside for that use in people's homes.
You posted - "where did the Church get the idea that it is the building that golifys God and not the hearts of christians,"
This has not correct Christian teaching. You have been mis-taught. Using the best you can to make a house of worship the best it can be honors the Lord. It has nothing to do with "in the hearts of".
You posted - "would Christ use $$ to by stained glass or to feed the poor to glorify God? would Christ meet in peoples homes our would he pay rent on a seperate building? would he take that money and help those who need help? "
Since they didn't have that type of stained glass back then I take you words to mean that Christ (and therefore a "true" Christian) would only use money to help others and not support the local congregation. I disagree. Plenty of the money you yourself give to your church goes to pay the electric bill, clean the carpet, perhaps advertise. Whatever. Your group doesn't give away all the money. Bet you buy coffee and doughnuts once in a while. Shame on you! Remember that the stained glass in the medieval cathedrals were looked at as teaching tools for the illiterate.
As above, Christ met in the temple and local assemblies as well as outdoors. Didn't seem to bother Him anywhere near as it seems to bother you.
You posted - "I wish someone would show me in the Bible where it says that we are to spend Gods money on a building and not on Loving our neighbor"
There is a lot not written down in the Bible. So this choice is not specifically referred to in scripture. But we are to love our neighbor, and we are to give to God the best we can, the firstfruits for instance. Where do all those churches who feed the homeless out of their basements do this good work if not in the building you seem to disparage so much? Once the feeders of the hungry begin to feed the homeless in their building, do they give no thought nor money to keeping the building intact and in a useable condition? Do they not put up pictures and signs and such things to express the Christian message? Do not these things cost money? What good is a picture of the Good Shepherd with a caption "God loves you" which a person could see and think about? Why no good at all according to you logic.
You posted - "the body of Christ the church is found within the heart, within Love of God within Love of our neighbor , not within four walls, walls dont glorify God Love does"
To some extent I agree with you here. Our reactions to what God has already done for us is more important than specific places. I disagree when you put forth the position that places are not able to glorify God. God Himself in both the Old and New Testaments instructed His people to create and use specific places in order to glorify Him. Your logic keeps coming across to me as "if you do this you can't do the other". I disagree with this. I think you can do both.
God will be found where HE told us to find Him. In His Word, in Baptism, in the Sacrament of the Altar. That's where we have been instructed to look for and find Him. Certainly the Holy Spirit assists us, steers us in the proper directions, "lives" in us. But do not denigrate the holy (set aside for a special purpose) place where Christians congregate to hear the life giving Word of God and receive His gifts at the hands of His representatives, the pastors.
You posted - "MAKE STRAIGHT HIS WAY"
Yes. But we have to do it His way, not the way men think is correct. We do not have to come up with false dicotomys which obscure the truth. Remember that just because somebody gathers a group together outside and feeds a few folks doesn't mean that they are not teaching nonsense. Plenty of false prophets and teachers over the years who have done and are doing just that.
Pax
