Another post that’s full of ASSUMPTIONs.
Just because someone refuses to parrot your delusion doesn’t mean they have no joy — maybe that’s just the effect YOU render.
I find Pike’s work useful because it brings to light certain historical facts regarding recycled religious symbolism and dogma. It’s also useful because it helps to understand the context many of the American founders were operating within — as illustrated by the temple they built one mile North of the White Hut.
OK, you get a certain amount of pleasure in taking down what you see as pretentious people.
But notice that your pleasure in this even extends to me, and I haven’t done any of the things Pike accuses of, as far as can be ascertained. If you don’t like sun and moon, I will gladly say galaxies or any other thing that modern science has revealed — the universe is full of this stuff. I am not stuck on sun or moon, those are just two examples.
Do you notice you are stuck in a room with a heavy lid on it?
There is no lid on my room.
Your idea of goodness is very small. You turn up your nose at a God who made the entire universe. As far as you are concerned, goodness is confined to the small area of your scrutiny.
Let the lid off of your world view. The things that are good within your view are good because of an infinitely higher God, the Creator that was spoken of in the Declaration of Independence. Did God do any good thing that is better than the scope of what you are looking at? You’d never know it if you never investigated. And this Pike appears to be cowing you into not investigating because oh my, the devil might be there. Well guess what. Who is bigger. God, or the devil? Don’t let the devil make you cower. God will get you past the devil if you call on Him. You will be amazed.