Einstein said, “If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it.”
Just because Einstein said it, doesn’t mean you need to believe it. Sometimes an idea seems absurd at first, because the idea is, well, absurd.
Don’t give absurd ideas a home. Especially not when it applies to spiritual ideas.
Just because they are described in a faintly tragic tone and uttered from behind a pulpit, doesn’t mean they are reliable. Sappy is not the same as subtle.
Just because the idea is lathered up in five syllable words doesn’t make it profound. It may mean that the person who said it just doesn’t understand what they are saying clearly enough to say it clearly.
Just because someone insures that every creed was consulted and every group left unoffended, doesn’t make it true. It just means its innocuous.
And just because someone says it with the certainty of Charlton Heston playing Moses doesn’t mean you can bank on it. Those folks are often wrong, but never in doubt.
Spiritual ideas — like any other ideas — have the power to enlighten and mislead, to heal and hurt, to grow or crush. Think about them, test them, and toss them out the front door if they don’t measure up.
Don’t give absurd ideas a home.
Perhaps a helpfu wayl to deal with this problem is the remember the Scripture. God does not give us the spirit of fear but of love, power and a sound mind. How is a sound mind acquired? Spending lots ot time in reading the Scriptures, other related materials to them, praying for illumination, revelation and strength. Also the Bible tells us not to walk circumspectively but to observe all around us. If we just swallow the first thing no wonder we are blown by every wind of doctrine. Jesus is waiting on us to come to Him. He will make our paths straight. Just like King David wrote when he hoped to be lead in a plain path. If we have humility enough for that we are on the road. Jesus will appear the second time without sin unto salvation for all those looking for Him. Who are we looking for? Man of God? Ignorance is not blisss.