On Priorities

I’ve almost come to understand those pale, staunch Christian denialists who barricade themselves below the world, in defense against any uncomfortable opposition, armed with judicious undertones and that insecure and therefore all-too-self-asserting ignorance. No, not the few who have no treasure to guard—those latently nihilistic ideologues—but those whose blind faith, yes, in its most derogatory sense, is weathered and accepted by those who practice it merely as a means to an end. And here is something I sense any cynical smarty-pants will never catch: the meekly religious will go to great lengths and sacrifice all worldly gain—indeed, in many cases, their objective sanity—to preserve what is many times a deep experience of the Spirit of God. Once you find that treasure in the field, it is indeed truer than many realize that no good is too prized to sell toward its cost.