Mar 20, 2020, 1:48 PM
by John Mark
Christianity (or other religion) as a “prepackaged product” that an individual can pull off the shelf & use to create meaning for their life.
Great insight – this is so spot-on.
It saves them the effort of having to find meaning for themselves. Thus when we try to get them to think, or challenge the pre-packaged product, it feels to them like “I bought this food item, now you’re saying there’s something wrong with it and I need to cultivate a garden and grow my own.”
We’re asking them to do extra work that for them is an annoyance (life is hard enough, we are trying to rip away the one thing that feels good and safe to them) and they may not even be able to do it (at least not without training), whereas for people like us it’s a compulsion (we are driven to do it, we can’t help it).
So – I guess that would mean that creating a non-false pre-packaged product would likely take away market share from religions that tend to bait into hazard. But asking them to think & do it on their own is too much for most of them.