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To: lexcorp
More importantly, however, the lesson from the Norse gods *isn't* that humans are worthless scum who need to be saved, or that we are inheirantly flawed, or that we're born in sin, or any of that crap.

OK, I think I see the appeal. But the intellectually honest thing to do is accept "a/the/our" God because He is the true one, not because we like what he says about us. If it is not the true one, what difference does it make what he is said to say or do?

The biggest stumbling block, even for people born into the Christian faith, is assent of the will. Not that they don't believe per se, but that they won't -- or don't want to.

Now, the really amazing thing is (which I expect you won't accept "on faith" at this point . . .) is when you do assent to the Christian God and His commandments, you do end up finding out that "by taking up the cross daily" "the burden is light." Oversimplification but my point: all that resistance of the will is irrelevant to the truth. If something is true, and you discover it is true, then to be true to yourself you have to accept the truth. Even kicking and screaming every step of the way. Even a stoic or Norse would be proud to accept a challenge like that? Acknowledging the truth because it is the truth, doing right because it is the right thing to do, no matter what the consequences (as you pointed out a while back on the thread)? The fact that is in reality not as bad as you feared is really only gravy anyway, because you are doing the right, true thing . . .

222 posted on 12/07/2001 10:16:44 AM PST by AMDG&BVMH
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