Is Religion a Stumbling block to the Church?

I was thinking back to part of my chat yeserday in starbucks with two of my friends.

I brought up the topic about The Protestant Movement within the Irish Culture, and how it has been a influence within the church walls, and also with Christians.

I feel at times that the Protestant movement should be banned from the church all together, i feel it is a bad influence to the generations that is growing up around me here in Northern Ireland.

All i have seen is blood shed in the name Queen, God and Country.

I cant see God in the church here when the church calls themselves protestant.

I feel is a wrong way to picture the Love of Christ.

Christ welcomes everyone into realtionship with him.

I feel religion in this country has become a blinding tool of mankind, and it has become a stumbling block.

Band Marches, The Orange Order, the Red hand of Ulster, the 12th of July.......

Are these Christian?

Are these of Christ?

Are they even Biblical?

No!!!!!

I will use a word that feels fit for these things....

They are PAGAN......

Religion is a Stumbling block to the church....time to trash the protestant religion...

time to fall in love with Jesus and his church....