Saturday, May 24, 2025

Religion and Change

Should we change simply to suit other people? I would say no, at least generally. 

Don't misunderstand me. I'm not against legitimate and necessary change. Indeed, we cannot become better people if we aren't open to becoming different, even to altering ideas which we may have thought were at the very fiber of our being. But the operative term here is the word simply, in the sense of changing only to satisfy someone else. 

It's fair play to ask: maybe they're the ones who need to change. Maybe you aren't the one who should become different in a given area, but they. That's an important point.

That's the reason I'm skeptical of those who argue that religion should change to fit their worldview. Have they considered, honestly, openly, and fully considered, that maybe they're wrong and religion is right? Because if so, the need to change is on them.

The demand for change simply to suit you may be nothing more than indulgent and selfish. And we should not want to be that.

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