Great article;
The sad state of affairs in the contemporary world is that mere gossiping about God has become rampant. Questions abound such as: Does he exist? Is he dead? Has he been eclipsed? Has he given up on mankind? Is he finite? Is he no longer relevant?
That acerbic critic of amorphous Christianity, Søren Kierkegaard, stated that, "The most dreadful sort of blasphemy is that of which 'Christendom' is guilty [is] transforming the God of Spirit into . . . ludicrous twaddle." "Twaddle" may be a more familiar term to people in Great Britain. It refers to idle chatter. And a "twaddler" is a chatterer who is proud and pretentious. Christian tradition, of course, has made it clear enough that: 1) pride is not only a Deadly Sin, but the one that is the deadliest; 2) pretentiousness is not only foolish but contrary to the humility that should be the mark of every follower of Christ.
These words of Lewis and Kierkegaard echo those of St. Paul: "For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own likings, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander into myths" (2 Tim. 4, 03).
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The importance of religion
The sad state of affairs in the contemporary world is that mere gossiping about God has become rampant. Questions abound such as: Does he exist? Is he dead? Has he been eclipsed? Has he given up on mankind? Is he finite? Is he no longer relevant?
That acerbic critic of amorphous Christianity, Søren Kierkegaard, stated that, "The most dreadful sort of blasphemy is that of which 'Christendom' is guilty [is] transforming the God of Spirit into . . . ludicrous twaddle." "Twaddle" may be a more familiar term to people in Great Britain. It refers to idle chatter. And a "twaddler" is a chatterer who is proud and pretentious. Christian tradition, of course, has made it clear enough that: 1) pride is not only a Deadly Sin, but the one that is the deadliest; 2) pretentiousness is not only foolish but contrary to the humility that should be the mark of every follower of Christ.
These words of Lewis and Kierkegaard echo those of St. Paul: "For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own likings, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander into myths" (2 Tim. 4, 03).
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The importance of religion
