The thing is, there's a lot of truth out there. It's everywhere. It's
at the grocery store and the gas station, it's out in the redwood
forests and mountain prairies, it's in the music in your car and the
shows on your TV. The problem is there are also a whole lot of lies.
And they're all in the same places.
So how do you tell them apart? How can you discern that this is truth and that's a lie? How can you know whether or not you are right?
It take diligence. It takes seeking. It takes hunting. It takes work. And even with all that, you still may not be able to tell.
There's been a lot of hype recently about trans-fats and how evil they are. Satan incarnate, as far as your body is concerned. I try not to eat trans-fats. Learning how to spot trans-fats was a project, but once I knew what to look for, it was easy. Actually taking the time when I'm shopping to check the ingredients on the packages, that takes constant vigilance, too; it's work, I say! But now that I've cut trans-fats out of my diet, I can actually taste it when something has them in it.
So lemme summarize all that. To stop eating trans-fats I did this:
There is truth in the world, in all things. It's mixed in with everything else, and sometimes can be hard to spot, but if you learn to look for it, you can find it. There is truth to religions, too. Every religion, I think, has truth. Perhaps some more than others. Learning about other religions can be very valuable to any persons personal religion.
The trick is to learn to recognize truth.
Modern Christianity does a great job of teaching that anything that is not exactly the same as itself is evil. I strongly believe that that teaching is evil. That teaching promotes xenophobia and intolerance. It incubates fear and leads to irrational hatred.
There is much that Christians can learn from other religions. But many of them are often too afraid that they might accidentally worship the devil if they even pass too close to somebody who is not of exactly the same denomination as themselves.
Fools.
. Topher
So how do you tell them apart? How can you discern that this is truth and that's a lie? How can you know whether or not you are right?
It take diligence. It takes seeking. It takes hunting. It takes work. And even with all that, you still may not be able to tell.
There's been a lot of hype recently about trans-fats and how evil they are. Satan incarnate, as far as your body is concerned. I try not to eat trans-fats. Learning how to spot trans-fats was a project, but once I knew what to look for, it was easy. Actually taking the time when I'm shopping to check the ingredients on the packages, that takes constant vigilance, too; it's work, I say! But now that I've cut trans-fats out of my diet, I can actually taste it when something has them in it.
So lemme summarize all that. To stop eating trans-fats I did this:
- I read reports on trans-fats and learned how to recognize it (ie, what ingredients indicate trans-fats).
- Everytime I bought something, I looked through the ingredient list for trans-fats ingredients. When I found them, I did not get that item.
- Over time, I learned to taste trans-fats.
- I learned the characteristics of the lie.
- I watched for those characteristics, spotted the lie and rejected it.
- Over time I learned how to spot the lie using other senses as well.
There is truth in the world, in all things. It's mixed in with everything else, and sometimes can be hard to spot, but if you learn to look for it, you can find it. There is truth to religions, too. Every religion, I think, has truth. Perhaps some more than others. Learning about other religions can be very valuable to any persons personal religion.
The trick is to learn to recognize truth.
Modern Christianity does a great job of teaching that anything that is not exactly the same as itself is evil. I strongly believe that that teaching is evil. That teaching promotes xenophobia and intolerance. It incubates fear and leads to irrational hatred.
There is much that Christians can learn from other religions. But many of them are often too afraid that they might accidentally worship the devil if they even pass too close to somebody who is not of exactly the same denomination as themselves.
Fools.
. Topher
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