still more from "Blue Like Jazz"
[after talking about how society places more importance on 'being cool' than on what a person believes and stands for:]
"Satan, who I believe exists as much as I believe Jesus exists, wants us to believe meaningless things for meaningless reasons. Can you imagine if Christians actually believed that God was trying to rescue us from the pit of our own self-addiction? Can you imagine? Can you imagine what Americans would do if they understood over half the world was living in poverty? Do you think they would change the way they live, the products they purchase, and the politicians they elect? If we believed the right things, the true things, there wouldn't be very many problems on earth.
"But the trouble with deep belief is that is costs something. And there is something inside me, some selfish beast of a subtle thing that doesn't like the truth at all because it carries responsibility, and if I actually believe these things I have to do something about them."
"Satan, who I believe exists as much as I believe Jesus exists, wants us to believe meaningless things for meaningless reasons. Can you imagine if Christians actually believed that God was trying to rescue us from the pit of our own self-addiction? Can you imagine? Can you imagine what Americans would do if they understood over half the world was living in poverty? Do you think they would change the way they live, the products they purchase, and the politicians they elect? If we believed the right things, the true things, there wouldn't be very many problems on earth.
"But the trouble with deep belief is that is costs something. And there is something inside me, some selfish beast of a subtle thing that doesn't like the truth at all because it carries responsibility, and if I actually believe these things I have to do something about them."
posted by melilotnfosco | 8:57 PM
3 Comments:
One of my pastors is always talking about the "sleeping giant" that is the church. But yeah, that's hard work and scary... no wonder non-Christians are turned off by our hypocrisy.
my favourite part of the book!
worst part is, i like this quote, i quoted this quote, and it won't change me because i'm too lazy to believe something all the way
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