The purpose of life is to know God and to do His will. I am so irritated about what’s going on with dogmatic Christianity. To motivate people with fear and cause them to believe that Heaven is about hell prevention as opposed to abundant life is abusive.
I really resent the Church for treating the “sheep” like they’re idiots. The visible church is a playhouse compared to the vastness of the invisible church. Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection; the whole act of creation is an act of love from God to us and from us to God when we become aware of it. As much as we need God’s power to have manageability in our lives, God needs our cooperation to have power in His world. This is a two-way street. The knowledge of good and evil is meant to be understood and is what gives life texture and context.
One thing that I see very clearly reminds me of Richard Bach’s reluctant messiah in Illusions – people don’t really want to know the truth – they just want to find ways to justify themselves without being too uncomfortable.
There are many people who have sought light and truth, but they look for it outside themselves, where it is not. – Saint Augustine
