Believing or not believing in the existence of God certainly affects how a person lives their life. I am reading a very interesting book about Cecil Rhodes, the imperialist magnate of the 1800's, Diamonds, Gold, and War: The British, the Boers, and the Making of South Africa by Martin Meredith.
A provocative quote here. Rhodes was influenced by...
"a book published in 1872, 'The Martyrdom of Man' by Winwood Reade, an obscure British Darwinian who argued that man had no hope of an after-life or posthumous reward; the only reward to be found was in improving the human race. "To develop to the utmost our genius and our love, that is the only true religion," wrote Reade. Rhodes described "The Martyrdom of Man" as a 'creepy book', but added, mysteriously, that it 'made me what I am'."
It brings to mind Luke 6:40:
"A student is not above the teacher; but everyone, when he has been fully trained, will be like his teacher."
It is so important to be "fully trained" by that best Book of books that, through the Spirit, reads the reader, forming Christ in us, not letting some lesser book, or books, usurp that position.
A provocative quote here. Rhodes was influenced by...
"a book published in 1872, 'The Martyrdom of Man' by Winwood Reade, an obscure British Darwinian who argued that man had no hope of an after-life or posthumous reward; the only reward to be found was in improving the human race. "To develop to the utmost our genius and our love, that is the only true religion," wrote Reade. Rhodes described "The Martyrdom of Man" as a 'creepy book', but added, mysteriously, that it 'made me what I am'."
It brings to mind Luke 6:40:
"A student is not above the teacher; but everyone, when he has been fully trained, will be like his teacher."
It is so important to be "fully trained" by that best Book of books that, through the Spirit, reads the reader, forming Christ in us, not letting some lesser book, or books, usurp that position.
