January 8, 2009

What Are We Doing Here? Part Four

Over these two weeks, our hope is to overcome Sleigh Track Logic, sorting through all of the things that make sense, and determine what makes the most sense. There's a common argument that says that God has been created and designed by man to help us make sense of things like death and loneliness which are hard to understand. Now, I definitely think this occurs - people who like the idea of God, and pick and choose things they've heard about him that they like, and assign those attributes alone to him. However, this can't explain every religion, can it? For instance, why would we create a religion like Christianity that teaches us that we are inherent wretches? Incapable of attaining salvation through our own merits? That we suck apart from him? Why would I create that club if I was doing it simply to reassure myself?
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January 7, 2009

What Are We Doing Here? Part Three

Over these two weeks, our hope is to overcome Sleigh Track Logic, sorting through all of the things that make sense and determine what makes the most sense. Physical pleasure doesn't seem to be enough. That is why we search for God; for love. And whether or not we find either, sometimes we turn to drugs within the same search. For an intense cerebral pleasure. For relief. That is why a person swept up in a time of worship might cry out, "I have God, and nothing else matters." While a person swept up in a chemical high might feel a similar apathy to their surroundings. It seems as if we naturally long for something that doesn't seem all that easy to attain.
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