Spiritual/Political/Philosophical Blog on the Nature of Truth and Falsehood and Heaven
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Friday, May 10, 2002 Thought for a Sunny Day (from my book, Contentions) 75 I believe that Jesus suffered death to prove to us the power of love and the meaning of it. I do not think his death had anything to do with a debt owed that we couldn't pay. This, to me, is convoluted First century theology - pure metaphor. Not fact. I also find that we characterize human evil as satanicly prompted because the human will which overrides all common sense, decency, propriety, goodness, and justice seems supernaturally powerful. It is supernaturally powerful. It comes from God. He shares his freedom and will with us. He doesn't give us a diluted version of freedom and will (or being). How could he? It wouldn't be freedom then. He does limit the effect of our will in many respect, though. 1) We cannot annihilate our being - we are immortal as God is. 2) We suffer death so that our freedom no longer can directly affect others; and it serves notice to us that we are creature - not gods. 3) Other people and their freedom interferes with our own, so to speak, and causes us to limit our own actions. The freedom we have to choose evil (or follow misguided desires and reasoning) is from a will of immense power since Will itself is of supernatural origin. It is no wonder then that human desire of self-exaltation is so great a delusion. The instinct of preserving Self is probably our most intense and basic one. It is so great that only God can guide us in overcoming it. Only love can demonstrate that fear is useless and only trust (faith) can prevail against it. But before we can trust Love, we must experience it. To experience it, we must open our minds, our hearts, and our memories. If we don't do this, we die. We are dead people: the walking wicked and wounded. posted by Mark Butterworth | 1:20 AM | |
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