Sunday, October 15, 2006

A Reasonable Request

I have a request to make, though i am not entirely sure who i am addressing it to. perhaps ideally to the entire non-Christian world, though i know how hopelessly large an audience that is. i also realize how isolated my bare expression is. but i have faith and i have hope and i am will to shout into the void, immeasurable it may seem. i wish to see every individual who does not know the Bible read the Bible and attempt a genuine understanding of it. in many ways this seems an impossible request. the literacy rate alone is a tremendous barrier. however we should already be attempting to combat illiteracy as is. beyond the technical aspects is this such an unreasonable thing to ask? that a thinking reasoning being somewhere within their many years of experience contemplate what is in all probability the most influential book ever written? if we as a society have not completely abandoned the quest for meaning then i think there can be nothing more reasonable. the Bible has changed the course of history as has no other book. millions have believed and believe it to be the divinely revealed perfect and complete Word of God. in many ways Christianity is the most controversial religion in our present age. certainly it is the religion most adversarially opposed by and opposed to the pluralism being cultivated by society at large. does it not make sense to know where one truly stands both past present and future in relation to the Good Book?

i realize that this is a large issue. too large to take on all at once in one blog entry. but i intend to come back to it. to explore more fully the logic and implications of such a request and to further clarify just what is it i am asking. but please, in the mean time comment. i want to know, does what i ask sound reasonable so far? or am i simply speaking meaningless bare ignorant dribble?

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