Comments on: Questioned by life http://www.topofthemountains.net/2006/06/29/questioned-by-life/ "Hitch your wagon to a star." —Ralph Waldo Emerson Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:54:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: sixline http://www.topofthemountains.net/2006/06/29/questioned-by-life/#comment-2129 sixline Thu, 29 Jun 2006 19:22:51 +0000 http://www.topofthemountains.net/2006/06/29/questioned-by-life/#comment-2129 In the Screwtape Letters, Screwtape talks about the subtle variations of ownership. My boots, my car, my family, my country, my God, my time, etc... Somethings truly are not our own, and we have been deceived into thinking that many things that do not belong to us (we have stewardship over them, yes, but it is not ours) do. This selfish part of pride is a major obstacle for people to overcome when they seek truth. Truth seeking becomes an optimization of cost: "How much truth can I get for the least amount of life changing?" as opposed to "What brings me closer to God?" In the Screwtape Letters, Screwtape talks about the subtle variations of ownership. My boots, my car, my family, my country, my God, my time, etc… Somethings truly are not our own, and we have been deceived into thinking that many things that do not belong to us (we have stewardship over them, yes, but it is not ours) do.

This selfish part of pride is a major obstacle for people to overcome when they seek truth. Truth seeking becomes an optimization of cost: “How much truth can I get for the least amount of life changing?” as opposed to “What brings me closer to God?”

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