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Chistian Institute of Philosophy
A rational path to God.
CIP
I become aware that I am a being separate from others.
I become aware of my physical and psychological needs.
How will I get my needs met?
1. Hunger, shelter, warmth, health
2. I am alone in the universe - I need family, love, friends.
3. I need to think well of myself and to have an optimistic attitude about life. I want to be happy.
There is still something missing - a lonelyness of being - I need meaning - a reason to pursue existence. Why is life worth the living?
I must Normalize life to remain sane.
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Normalizing life in the world system.
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Normalizing life in God.
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First stop along the trail.
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Second stop along the trail.
Acknowledging the Limits of Human Thought.
Acknowledging our need for God.
One of the definitions of the word "blaze" dates back to the 1600s and it means to mark a trail so those people who follow after you do not get lost - thus the term "trail blazer".
Many hiking trails are "blazed" to help hikers find their way and to keep them from wandering off and getting lost in the forest. These trails usually have several places of interest. A place of interest is where a hiker can rest, look at the landscape, and read informational signs.
The following articles will blaze a trail for you in Spiritual life. These writings will provide the reader with several places to stop and think about what they believe and how they can proceed to find a relationship with God. Without a blazed trail, a person can spend decades wandering off into a forest of ideas that all lead to dead ends - wasting years of life looking for something that was never there. I am confident, that if you follow this trail, these articles will lead you in the right direction to make your own exploration of a rational path to God.
I must not think about truth to the point of being disturbed by it. I must play like life is understandable and sensible in my small momentary existence. I construct my own temperal meaning. I play like that is enough. I must preserve my normalized bubble at all cost and call it rationality.
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I normalize into God by faith. I choose to believe God and find a personal relationship with Him. From this foundation I can pursue truth without fear. I have eternal meaning. I have love and caring. I have self definition. Death is not the end for me. I have "eternal" rationality.
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I live my life reinforcing my normalized bubble every day. I tell myself that I cannot believe in God because I am rational. Over the years, I have convinced myself that my way of thinking is honest - even though I must ignore so much truth in an infinite universe and feel so little love in my short existence.
I seem to be stable now. I seem to be at peace now. I feel no psychological pain. It has worked! My normalization structure has worked. I am numb to life. There is no pain. I can now run out the clock and tell myself I was one of the smart ones. I can live my meaningless life right to the end. In an infinite meaningless universe,
Oh! - I was so rational.
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I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. - Jesus Christ
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