RE: Truth or swag?
May 29, 2018 at 10:50 am
(This post was last modified: May 29, 2018 at 10:53 am by Crossless2.0.)
Overwhelmingly, it's about the swag.
Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, etc. all have exemplary contemplatives and mystics in their traditions. But that requires time, patience, focus, and effort. That's too much like real work. It's better to bypass all of that drudgery, if possible, and claim whatever goodies one's special book promises. (Bonus points for Christians who like to cite Paul's doctrine of grace, without troubling themselves much over his many admonishments regarding a Christian's proper behavior.)
Yeah . . . eternal life, God's many blessings (health, prosperity, etc.), the satisfaction of "knowing" that God is as troubled as you are by the people you don't like, the joys of paradise, the excitement of being a central character in a universal salvation drama. We all know what a pallid enticement truth is compared to that.
Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, etc. all have exemplary contemplatives and mystics in their traditions. But that requires time, patience, focus, and effort. That's too much like real work. It's better to bypass all of that drudgery, if possible, and claim whatever goodies one's special book promises. (Bonus points for Christians who like to cite Paul's doctrine of grace, without troubling themselves much over his many admonishments regarding a Christian's proper behavior.)
Yeah . . . eternal life, God's many blessings (health, prosperity, etc.), the satisfaction of "knowing" that God is as troubled as you are by the people you don't like, the joys of paradise, the excitement of being a central character in a universal salvation drama. We all know what a pallid enticement truth is compared to that.
