The Price Of Salvation?
I don’t really read the slactivist, but maybe I should. Apparently he is going through the Left Behind books, and putting up commentary on different sections as he goes. One of his commentaries I found particularly interesting because it hit one of my peeves about many evangelistic branches of Christianity. That is the salvation as reward, salvation as something that you can control, aspect of many Christian beliefs. He points out the main problem with the book, which is that there are those who get saved, and those who don’t and if you are one of the ones who wasn’t saved, you had better do everything in your power to save yourself and to hell with everyone else. I also love the section of Huckleberry Finn that he quotes. Here is a piece to get you enticed:
“Oh Me H. Tapdancing Me!” Jesus says. “It’s not always about you, you know. Think about somebody else for a change.”
That’s a paraphrase, but it’s not like this was an isolated case. Jesus was always saying this kind of thing: You want to live? Die to yourself. You want to be first? Be last. Want to come out on top? Head for the bottom. Want to win? Surrender.
Now go read the rest for yourself.