Empty Gestures

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In 2013 there was a controversy at the memorial service for Nelson Mandela; it was discovered that the sign-language interpreter hired for the event didn’t actually know sign langu age. He stood next to the speakers and waved his hands in a manner that appeared to be ASL, but none of it meant anything. He was putting on a show, but no one got anything out of it: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/12/11/250179179/fake-sign-language-interpreter-marred-mandela-memorial. God is not interested in the show of religious ceremonies. That’s not the point of religion. James 1:27 says, “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.” Show more