Posted on 09/12/2021 3:28:37 AM PDT by Kaslin
My late brother, a World War II veteran, had a talent for getting at the heart of things and a knack for expressing his thoughts forcefully on his feet. In the Brooklyn, New York of the 1930s he could boast that he argued with priests and took them down in face-to-face debate. In spite of his Catholic upbringing, he managed to make his family wonder what had gotten into him.
The scholar in my brother induced him to read Thomas Aquinas and other luminaries of Christianity, presumably to debunk church teaching, and when he discovered the depth of his ignorance about life and about the true nature of Christianity, the turncoat of the family soon dedicated himself to following Christ.
The spiritual journey of his kid brother, me, not less dedicated to seeking truth, led to a study of other religions. I read Alan Watts instead of Aquinas. Sal got to know one religion well; I got to know several well enough to appreciate “where they came from” and to see the gap in thought and feeling between East and West, a gap that many 20th century theologists tried to bridge with Western rationales, to little avail. Even Watts, who knew East and West perhaps better than any other soul, stumbled when, in comparing their respective metaphysics, he thought that Western religion was flawed in uniting God with the moral principle.
This to me was a tacit surrender to the “principle” that might makes right, after all, a de facto dismissal of the value and the reality of human life.
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excellent!
Interesting! Just sharing...CS Lewis’ book Mere Christianity was/is the single most significant influence on helping me to understand the imperative reality of the existence of God and also understanding the miracle of human nature and human law. Would be really great to hear him comment on the whole “woke” philosophy.
Jesus, our Lord and Savior, told us “Enter by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is easy, that leads to destruction, and those that enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard, that leads to life, and those that find it are few.” Matthew 7: 13-14
We have two paths to follow: the ways of the world influenced by men and the evil one, Satan or the ways of Jesus that is the Truth.
Jesus told us “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one come to the Father, but by me.” John 14:6
Faith in Jesus is a gift from God that we either accept or reject.
God’s Peace be with you.
bkmk
I got to know several well enough to appreciate “where they came from” and to see the gap in thought and feeling between East and West,
***Christianity is an oriental religion. People seem to forget that. Even right now there are about 300Million christians in China, almost more than the entire population of America. When we get to Heaven there will be far more Asians than “westerners”.
‘When we get to Heaven there will be far more Asians than “westerners”.’
You’ll be hard pressed to identify by culture.
We’ll all be in the perfect image of our Father.
As for me, I’m still blown away by simply knowing that nothing I imagine can prepare me for the beauty and wonder of what the Father has in store for us.
Through the Blood Sacrifice of His Son, Jesus, we are blessed beyond anything our feeble minds can imagine.
Such blessings!
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