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| rating | title | date | name | city state/province country |
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Too Evangelical (1/5) | Jan 27, 2010 | Sebastian Gonzales | Rio Rancho NM US |
| The opening tells a story about Ahab's surrender, but I think the Kingdom perspective is more like that of Rahab who made a change of allegiance. The word surrender doesn't capture the active striving characteristic of a true follower. Absolute is also too strong a word. In certain Eastern religions or philosophies, there is the idea of spontaneous enlightenment. It teaches that a person cannot think, believe, say, or do anything to become enlightened; otherwise, he locks himself further into the illusion of the self or the world. Similarly, the Evangelical tries to believe with his will that his will plays absolutely no role in his salvation. Freewill is an illusion to him, but in the very act of trying to believe he cannot will anything himself, there is the consciousness of his willing to will. In Christianity, the old self does not end & a new one appear in its place; rather, the self is constant. What changes is the stuff associated with the self: old things (sinful works) vs. new things (good deeds). It would be better to say something like real commitment of the self instead of absolute surrender of the self. A self cannot absolutely surrender itself, but it can will to do the will of another as far as it can. Christians are not "self-less;" they are not selfish or merely self-centered: they try to be realistically altruistic since absolute altruism is impossible. | ||||