Complete Introductions Collection 5
by Ben Huot
January 18, 2020
First Things
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Truth vs. Fact
What is right
And what is wrong
What is true
And what is fact
What you should do
Is always
What you know is true
We can debate
Until the end of the age
Weighing important factors like
Historical
Scriptural
Traditional
And Prophetic
Points of view
Debating internally important factors such as
Intuition
Experience
Personality,
And Advice from Respected People
Belief is not what can be proved
And it is not what you decide
Based on argument
Faith that saves a person
From the default option
Of eternal death
Is a choice
And is made real
Through our moral actions
Faith is only scriptural
In the same way
That people are only alive once
When we die
To the ways of the world
And into saving faith
We take on the path of Christ
It is not enough
To say Christianity makes sense
It must be something
You sacrifice for
We say we believe
All sorts of things
Many of which will be disproved
In a generation or century
At the most
Will you fight
For a fact
Will you die
For your ideology
Will politics motivate you
To change the way
You live your life
Salvation is based on
A genuine and continual choice
To surrender unconditionally to Christ
Why do we argue
About what we know to be true
We believe that the God who created us is self evident
Then why even reduce this
To a rational discussion
If rational things are so important
For Christian faith
Then why are none of them eternal
Neither hope nor love
Is based on reason at all
So why would our faith be either
God does not call us
To win debates
About specific scriptures
God would rather
We follow one verse
Than memorize the entire Bible
We think
If we only understood God better
Then things would be easier
Is it important
To explain away suffering
Intellectually
If it does not
Make the pain less
Then it accomplishes nothing
We continue to try
To make the Gospel
Easier to follow
But the whole point
of an traditional morality
Is to take the harder path
People commit immoral actions or sins
Because they are easier
Not just for the sake of it
Nor just because
They are more evil than us
When we take the easy route
In a moral choice
That is short term thinking
This is almost always
The very real defining factor
That makes something a sin
Why is it that we continue to fight
The wrong battles
God does not require us to think better
But simply let Him purify our minds
God wants all of us
Including our minds
But we will never achieve this
Primarily through getting smarter
If we already know the answer
And yet do not even try
To conform to it
Why do we think
We need to convince
Someone of something
For genuine conversions
We spend all this time
Trying to understand
Why others do not believe
But fail to act
On this understanding
In our own lives
The answer
To why others
Do not believe
Is the same reason
Why we do not always
Follow what we believe
Our society is just too easy on us
In what it expects
People today equate morality
With following the laws
People today equate had work
As doing the least required of them
Employers pay the least they can
To keep workers
And employees do the least they can
To keep their jobs
It does not hurt a person or a leader
To engage in hard work
Discipline is the key to learning anything
Or making any meaningful change
In one’s life
So many people
Already know all the answers
To their problems
So much that they are unwilling
To listen to others
On how to solve their problems
Most importantly, they are unwilling
To listen to their Creator
Many Christians see technology
As the cause of social disintegration today
But more of the world is Christian
Then ever before
The problem with our society
Is that we put things off
Until we have a crisis
Now that we have a crisis
People now want to just give up
There are no problems today
That we cannot fix
If we would give up
The less important things
Like our pride
Contrary to what many Americans
Are taught to think
The end of times
Does not happen as soon
As America ceases to exist
Or our planet gets so destroyed by us
That people can barely survive
God never guaranteed
That we would have
Running water or electricity forever
God also never guaranteed
We would have Scripture
None of this is necessary
To live a good life
When we approach spiritual things
The most common mistake
Is to think that
The rules are the same
Just because someone
Understands business
Does not mean they
Understand computers
Being an expert in reason and facts
Does not automatically prepare someone
To make spiritual decisions
Scripture can and is read
From many different
Points of view
In different cultures
Throughout history
One is not better than the other
For most of history
There was no Bible
Or even just the Old Testament
Or even the first 5 books
None of this is necessary
To believe in God
Understand His will
Understand what sin is
Or have saving faith
We have a conscience
And a desire and need for God
And a natural connection
To communicate with Him
It is only in our very recent society
In a very small part of the world
That this is even controversial
Walking with God
Like the first person
Taking a step onto a new Earth
At the other end of the galaxy
Will it be a giant desert
Or a water world
We think we need
The biggest rush possible
Or life is not worth living
I propose a middle road
Where we live lives of dignity
A life that we can all live
A life striving for greater morality
Not for more money, power, and stimulation
A relatively quiet life
In a relatively rural location
Not very important
To the outside world
Is the best we can find here
The sage is said to know all
Without every traveling anywhere
How far did Jesus travel
What great school did He graduate from
Was He royalty, military leader, or wealthy merchant
God who can go anywhere or do anything
Chose to spend His time
Talking to ordinary people
While living as an ordinary person
He healed His people
And rescued them from the consequences of their actions
God can count even if we cannot
Eternity is greater than 75 years
Why even focus on something so little
When you have so much more opportunity
And so much more of your life
If the greatest experiences of your life
All happened after you became an adult
How many greater things await you
After your death
We fight incessantly for wealth and power
But in Heaven the streets and walls
Are all made of gold and precious stones
If you can say you are truly happy
If you can say you experience real peace
Why does it matter if you own anything
Many take drugs to be happy
With the little they have
Many who are wealthy take drugs
Because they are still unsatisfied
If you could get to the perfect balance
Without chemicals that can be poisonous
And without putting your life at risk
Why not try things God’s way for once
We have as a society and as individuals
Tried finding joy under every rock
With every human vice or remedy possible
You cannot control your path to pleasure
Your drug of choice is then the one in control
If you cannot have freedom
To do what you don’t really want to do
Why are you afraid to have the freedom
To do what you really want to do
If your Creator diagnoses you as needing a treatment
Don’t you think you should at least try it
You have tried everything else under the sun
But you will only find God
When you search for Him
With everything you have inside you
Taking the plunge off the cliff
Hand in hand with God
Awakening from your present dream world
You can follow Him
Beyond the sorrow of now and here
You don’t have to wait to die
To experience His joy and peace
You will have to give up all the things
You once thought would bring you happiness
You once thought would bring you meaning
You once thought would satisfy
What is truly different
And hasn’t ever been tried
That will save the world from us
We need to really change our minds
By changing our allegiance
Instead of Americans or Earthlings
We accept the universal Christian label
As we are accepted into a bigger
Yet more intimate family of God
We have proven we all have
The maturity of young children
And desperately need better leaders
If you are looking for an ideology
More radical than any other
Try what Christ did as a role model
But that only starts one you truly commit
By first renouncing your previous opinion leaders
The government wants your money
God wants your heart
And both want you to follow their laws
Make peace with both
Commit to become a better you
Pass through the water and into eternity
Humble yourself down below your Creator
He will then raise you back up
Unto life more abundant
Sometimes one decision
Changes your entire life
The hard part is that this is not
Just a one time decision
You need to live your life
Like you are committed to it
But God will always give you
The strength to stay with Him
You will lose the faith
From time to time
Just come back right away
He will always be there for you
Hw always believed in you
Will you not believe in Him
If we ask who is more likely to exist
God or me
I have so say there is more evidence for God
We are different people each day
But God is the same forever
He now calls us friends
Because we know His plans
Join God hand in hand
And follow His lead into eternity
American Values
We have a lot of work to do
As a nation and as individuals
We have to start by praying
But then we need to do something
God can and will change anything
But we need to decide
That we need Him
God controls the fate of the world
But He chooses to allow us to decide
How we want to live
God really respects our freedom of choice
God could also do everything Himself
But instead He chooses to use us
Everything is inevitably going to be done
According to His will
At the same time
God is not going to force you to do anything
He wants you to choose Him
Above everything else
God want a relationship of unconditional love
Just as God unconditionally forgives
And accepts us
As we are now
So we need to choose God
And His will
Above our own
We need to rely on Him completely
At the same time
We need to prove our faith
By our actions
If God trusts me
Then I trust God
If God still wants to claim me
I still claim Him
God doesn’t want a oneway relationship
Just like we don’t want
A oneway conversation with Him
Christianity is very simple
But also very difficult
All we have to do is
Do what we know is right
God will give us strength
To follow through
When we fail
He is there
To forgive us
We just need to decide
We will never give up
God will then continue to give us
Everything we need
To overcome sin
In our lives
Living in this mortal realm
There is always a spiritual war going on
The one thing that still surprises me
Is that God want us to take part
In so many of His plans
He chooses the most unlikely and unqualified people
This proves God sees us all
As equally important
Maybe God is the only Real American
Faith Driven Reconciliation
For many people
There is only one way
To do something
For many people
There is only one opinion
That makes sense
The trouble with creativity
Is that it requires us
To expand our minds
We can all be right
If we allow enough freedom
Art is not a medium
That lends itself
To precision meaning like laws
But even music
Can divide people
But when we all have to
Be right all the time
And we do not allow
For our own failure
Conflict will be unavoidable
What if we could
Hold to some basic ideas
While still allowing for
Creative solution and expressions of feeling
And differences according to personality
Is this not part of the rationale of spiritual gifts
Is unity possible
Without violence
Is it possible to not offend
And still change people
All things are possible with God
Compromise does not have to be ugly
What if you could get
What you really want
Or better what God really wants
And the unbelievers could get what they want
At the same time
Can you have both freedom
And still have fundamental truth
All inspiration comes from God
Sometimes it is good
To look at something
From someone else’s point of view
If you know
Where they are coming from
You can find common ideas
We also know
That our will is not God’s
Can we accept
That we can be wrong
About some things
While still holding
To that basic obvious stuff
It is ok to still believe
And yet doubt other things
It is ok to admit failure
And make a turn in direction
We all battle pride and want recognition
But can we find a way
To speak out
For what we believe
Without either giving up our beliefs
Or stirring up divisions amongst us
Remember that the Church has served God
Faithfully throughout the ages
Upon retrospect we realize now
That there were some things
Obviously done right
And obviously done wrong
This is from our modern vantage point
When we think of all the changes to the Church
Over the last few hundred years
Is it not possible
That there are more reformations or awakenings necessary
To better prepare the Church
For the future
Could it be that
If we give a little
We can find unity
Between unbelievers and believers alike
Without creating a common enemy/victim
Bleeding ourselves dry in foreign wars
Or wasteful business/government projects
Done mostly for political reasons
Many people see the modern world
As inherently evil
Could this be a starting point
To bring together people
With traditional values
But different in other areas
A force that brings people together
But not at the expense
Of other people
Maybe this only comes
Directly from the Holy Spirit
Maybe planning things like this
On our own time table
And within our own tradition
Is not allowing God the freedom
To truly realize
His full will
Maybe instead of waiting
To call upon God
Until we tried everything else
This should be the first step
To wait on God
Some things just take
A lot of time and prayer
And these same things
May require us to change
How we think about things
After all
Who knows the mind of God
There are still many things untried
And many methods unattempted
This is only the beginning of Christianity
In most of the world today
There is still plenty of time
For the church to have many more
Disruptions and revolutions
We could also listen
To what Christians
In other times in history
And parts of the world do
This might require us
To reconsider Scripture alone
It is not as if we really follow this
If we do not study
Other people’s religions and philosophy
A lack of study
Of different points of view means
Your faith is weak and untested
You have blindly accepted your culture’s biases
Without critical thinking
How can we be lighthouses to
And be the salt of the earth
If we are the same as unbelievers
If we cannot fully embrace God
At the expense
Of our culture and ideology
We are too lukewarm
In our faith
We need to make a choice
God or the world
Let us try
To convince people
To think different
And choose to follow God
By first doing so
In our own lives
One Division, Two Division, Three
If faith is a journey
How do you separate thought from action
If faith needs evidence
How do you prove your beliefs
If Christianity is the answer
Shouldn’t Christians be different
It is not enough to believe in God
Christianity asserts everyone does
How can you read in the Prophets
And not see the search for justice
How can you read the Parables about the Kingdom of God
And not see charity is necessary for salvation
How can you read the Letters of Paul to the Churches
And not see that sin is an addiction
How can you read the Book of Job
And think the Bible is necessary for salvation
How can you read the Book of Psalms
And not think God cares about our feelings too
How can you read in Genesis
And not understand that faith costs everything
How can you read Exodus
And not see God is serious about sin
How can you read through the History Books of the Bible
And not understand that God does not want us to rule ourselves
How can you read the Sermon on the Mount
And not believe that faith is hard work
How can you read the Letters of John
And still think you can live without sinning
How can you read the Letter to the Hebrews
And think the world will ever be at peace with Christians
How do we divide ourselves over doctrines
When we can find good support for both theological positions
If we can just accept
God is not limited by time
We are mostly there
If we can just accept
That God makes scripture clear to all who believe
We are almost there
If we can just accept
That we can be wrong about the Bible
We are on the finish line
If we can just accept
What we learn in the Bible with faith primarily and reason secondarily
We have won the race
Lets End This Now
Endless words with no break in them
Endless voices without names
Pointless phrases meaning nothing
Words written for the speaker alone
Great leaders with no communication skills
Young children who speak clearer than educated adults
People paid more by each additional word
Nonsense spoken with great interest
Wisdom and intelligence taken away
With each letter spoken
How does one fill a book
Without imparting any meaning
Whole lives spent finding the perfect word
Falling flat when explaining
The title of their autobiography
People without enough vocabulary
To say their own first names
A whole society whose memory span
Doesn’t last long enough
For people to say their full names
Nothing of value to say
But never silent to criticism or praise
Some people could write for all eternity
And say nothing worth even an hour reading
Not only are the words not worth
The paper they are printed on
They are also not worth
The emotional energy needed
To keep from hitting the author
We now have whole areas of study
That sound like locker room talk
Even Churches now cannot decide
How many types of restrooms to build
Has God played a joke on us
Some arguments are not worth forming
Some people can’t stand
Any spaces in their words
In print or spoken
Political discussion today
Requires the use of dirty words
Just to explain the topics
And the names of the speakers
We continue to descend down the drain
We cannot even agree on our own opinion
Between the ears of one person
Our mouths are working overtime
But we are all deaf or hard of hearing
We cannot decide what is important
So we fight about everything
People so willing to fight each other verbally
And dig up dirt on each other
Are the same ones most afraid
Of fighting in the wars they vote for
They are all talk and no action
Maybe if they could spare the time to vote
On the same issues they cannot shut up about
The public would not fantasize about
Ending all their careers immediately
If they cannot stop now
And start with a completely free slate
Maybe it is time to recall
Everyone in public office
Times of Life
I have had times of great fear
My entire military service and ever since
I have had times of great joy
In my high school years and my memories of it
I have had times of great depression
When we realized the world might end soon in 2008
I have had times of deep insight
Often when I get ideas to write
I have had times of great loneliness
Many times I talked to my father about
I have had times of great frustration
When I couldn’t get something to work
I have had times of great confidence
After I have written something
I have had times of great doubt about myself
When I think of how easy it is to get hurt really bad
I have had times of great anger
When I watch the news (of evil being done)
I have had times of great insignificance
When I reflect on who God is
I have had time of great excitement
When I learn about other times in history
I have had times of great passion
When I put together ideas
I have had times of great impatience
When I have to wait for things
I have had times of great peace
When I pet my stuffed toys
I have had times of great worry
When I try to explain myself to others
I have had times of great severity
When discussing computers
I have had times of great hope
When I look forward to eternal life
I have had times of great weariness
Ever since my diagnosis of Schizophrenia
Psychology of Water
Nothing is softer than a drop of water
Nothing is clearer than the sound of thunder
Nothing is as unclear as the edges of a cloud
Nothing is more intense than the reflection of the sun off of water
Nothing is as cold as a coat soaked in water
Nothing is as clean as when the soap makes contact with water and cloth
Nothing is more common than water on earth
But most of it we can never drink
Our form of life needs water to live
We fight wars over it and build entire civilizations around it
The water below is another world like the sky above
This parallel world is full of life unlike ours
Nothing hurts less to the open wound than pure water
Nothing cools hot coals faster than water
We are born again by passing through water
While many are afraid of drowning in it
Transforming rocks to sand and metal to rust
Nothing infiltrates as subtlety as water
Nothing transforms human creations more than water
The repeating sound of a rainstorm
Beating the side of the building
Like a drummer’s stick
The rain hits the window so hard
It is surprising the glass doesn’t break
Sometimes I feel as cold inside
As winter rain with a leaking jacket
Sometimes the water just soothes
It is easier when it burns less inside my heart
For what is right and for what is not
Water can make you feel new like nothing else
It feels as if you no longer carry a burden
Dreams are like water
Soft but intense at the same time
Sometimes I feel like someone dropped
A bucket of water on me
Sometimes I feel so little control
That I might not make it to the bathroom in time
It is in our waking dreams
That we plan our goals
And fantasize about possibilities
To experience better feelings about life
Is waking not like walking through a waterfall
With your eyes closed
Is not the sunrise better than the sunset
Isn’t the sunset the beginning and the sunrise the end
We spend more time in the dark than the light
We put more effort into changing
Things we have no control over
Surely we can do greater things
In the heat of the day
Than in the cool of the night
Especially when it stops raining
Belief Subject Not a Belief System
Existentialism means being a person
So following it would be to exist
Religion requires belief
But philosophy requires doubt
Without philosophy
There would be no more significant questions
Without religion
There would be no answers worth knowing
To be person requires being made by God
So living as a creation of God
Is a form of worship
Existentialism is roughly equivalent to free choice
So salvation is an application of existentialism
The Christian response to existentialism is Jesus Christ
So existentialism is directly related to Christianity
Atheists often use ideas from existentialism
To defend their core (un)beliefs
This might mean their lack of belief
Is more a form of anti-Christianity
Than an opposition to religion in general
How can something used to defend also be used to support?
Every technology ever created can
Existentialism is about creating meaning
This makes us claim full responsibility for our choices
Christianity also teaches God’s will as all-powerful
This means Christianity or any other religion
Is more than just existentialism
Which means existentialism is only one aspect of Christianity
So we know that in following God
God cares most about spiritual decisions
And not as much about primarily material decisions
But material decisions matter
As long as we live in these bodies
So there is more to most decisions
Than just choosing Christ
Existentialism is about the interpretation of the Bible
Being subject to our will
Even though Scripture itself is a reflection of God’ will
And His message
So as the Bible often talks in the abstract
We have to live life in the details
The Bible is inherently designed in a way
That reveals your intentions
In the choices you make based on it
The Bible also requires you to use
Your brain, heart, and your will
To fully determine what to do
This you make real in your actions
Existentialism would say it is necessary
To take responsibility for your choices
Whether you believe in Christ or not
There is more to base your decisions on
Then the exact words of the Bible
Following Christ requires free choice
But also requires submission to God’s will
No human system will or has been
Complete or truly consistent
Because we only know of what we can experience
And have to take the rest with faith
That makes our reality less than that
Of our world and our choices
To separate humans from the choices they make
And the experiences they have had
Is to intellectually remove their soul and identity
So existentialism talks about this idea of a soul
In Existentialism
As you make choices
You determine who you are
Which is how we experience life as people
God created us
And we then choose
How much we want God
To affect our continual development
Of course God also determines everything
In the greater reality of Himself
God and other people are necessary
To determine the Bible’s intent
Just like our will is a necessary factor
So is philosophy another means
In which to understand the Bible better
Existentialism fills the space between
The Bible and our actions
If you do not like Existentialism
You must not like being a person
And would rather be a rock instead
The rock would just do what God says
But God made us human
So that we might have power
Over our own future
While the wise among people
Should realize that life is neither
Complete or worth living without God
The one thing people cannot choose is
Whether they want to be a rock or a person
You have a soul whether you want it or not
And you always make decisions
Based primarily on your will
Not God’s
Lesser of Two Evils
One of the many contentious politically charged issues in America today involves a concept called multiculturalism. Much of the third world has found unity in the shared history of European Colonialism. The Gospel was being presented for the first time from these same countries in the same general time period.
Shortly afterwards, many individuals in those colonies became dedicated believers while their European overlords gave up on Christianity in mass. There was not just one revolution that accomplished this and the time varies on what level of culture had rejected the Christian God. A big part of this was the events of the 19th century and its end in Word War I which directly led to World War II.
A this same time, America became a separate nation and did get involved in much of the world, but not so much with the European powers. Later America would directly support France and England from World War I to the Second American-Iraqi War. America and Europe share many difference as well as many similarities, depending on what aspect you are referring to and both have heavily affected each other directly and indirectly, much as can be said about India in comparison to China.
So this period of the 19th Century had a lot of major wars, but was globally relatively peaceful as the Europeans after Napolean agreed to a truce between major European powers (lasting for about 100 years) as they decided that wars fought amongst other Europeans did not work to their advantage. One of the biggest tragedies of World War I is that none of the countries involved wanted it to happen and most did not want war to happen in Word War II as well.
One of the really disappointing and regrettable things about the Cold War was that the US chose to back France during their wars to keep their colonies and the handing off of the British kind of colonialism to America. I think one of those most negative type of interactions between the US and the rest of the world is the use of what is now called soft power, which means using any method other than a major war to get what “we” want.
This “we” usually being rich corporations that run the world. China and Russia get a free pass, because they are not claiming to do anything for the other country nor do they claim to be better or morally superior to other countries.
There has been a popular misconception that the US foreign policy is rooted in Christian beliefs, because so many high profile champions of this soft power and American exceptionalism amongst people who also claim to be Christian. So many people also then assume Christianity comes from Europe and a supports a Eurocentric view of the world. The reality is that Christianity is more multicultural than any other religion.
The early center of Christianity was the Middle East from about 100 AD until the year 1000 AD. The region still was mostly Christian until around World War I, when Turkey went on a 30 year ethnic cleansing spree and killed off 1/3 of the Armenian and 2/3s of the Assyrian people.
Multiculturalism was a very big thing in education in 1990s America. It was also seen as a way American businesses could compete against the German and Japanese socialist economies many Americans thought were taking over the world (at that time).
It turns out that the parts of the world are still angry about being victims of these European powers and realize that the modern world, including human right and international law, is a recent Dutch invention (the US and the UK are still mistakenly credited for this). So one of the biggest things holding back Christianity in Africa are its connection with colonialism and its mistakes and abuses. There is a lot of confusion and mix-ups between American and European histories and ideas because of so many similarities and differences between the two continents.
The bottom line is this - people do not get into high ranking positions of power unless they are willing to do anything necessary to win. Alliances only last as long as both parties want them. There is no such thing as international law because there is no one world government. This will not happen soon as people cannot agree upon anything, especially history.
In my lifetime, America has set up a one world police state and economy and privatized/outsourced most of this/our world government. America has done this by letting the other client nation states share the information to help them control their dissent as well. Citizens are misled because they are sensitized to terrorism so much that they willingly trade their constitutional protections we claim make us better than the rest of the world.
In a similar time frame, we have continued to make the world worse and worse by creating climate change and mass species die off not seen for millions of years. This is caused by our continual pollution including our spreading trash across every inch of our globe (which over 95% of scientists agree upon who can’t even agree upon the basic laws of physics). This is all done because we in America and Europe live like emperors.
We are actually fulfilling Bible prophecy and creating something very similar to what the Bible calls hell. The people and countries with the greatest monetary poverty, lack of water and high heat, and population will be most affected by this climate change. This includes most of the world’s population minus America and Europe. In the process, Christianity has moved its center from the Middle East to Europe to America to Africa.
Meanwhile, many prominent American Christians believe that the world police state is being maligned by the people who know about technology so that they can commit blue collar crimes. Many famous American Christians also claim that the environmental crisis is a hoax so that the opposing party can be leader of this same police state.
If I as a mentally ill person talk about conspiracy theories, people think I am nuts, but if someone puts on a suit, says enough political charged words and threats, and claims he is a rich businessman, everyone thinks it is Gospel truth. So naturally many people now are getting a little tired of America as it is now playing the race and victim excuse.
Today mathematics and science are political and it is almost impossible to tell what is true. I still believe in the Gospel because I think it is one of the few things that makes sense today. I believe if we even tried to remotely follow what is very obvious from it to everyone, we would have few of these problems.
One of the most important lessons that the Church never learns from is that any religious group that want to continue to grow and seen in a positive light is to stay out of politics. But yes, you can be Christian and be a liberal and independent thinker, but there are admittedly few of them today in America. People will constantly try to throw you into the conservative or non-Christian camps.
It matters less what is true when working in politics than in telling people what they want to hear and giving money to the right people. People do not like anything truly different or unique in any way and will fight it to the death just because it is new. The bottom line is in this brave new world, we must accept that we can trust no one except God.
Who would have thought that synchronizing Christianity with a belief system based on greed and mob rule and set up by dedicated atheists would make Christianity look bad and hypocritical.