Monday, February 6, 2012
30 Days of Twain - Day 5
When the doctrine of allegiance to party can utterly up-end a man's moral constitution and make a temporary fool of him besides, what excuse are you going to offer for preaching it, teaching it, extending it, perpetuating it? Shall you say, the best good of the country demands allegiance to party? Shall you also say it demands that a man kick his truth and his conscience into the gutter, and become a mouthing lunatic, besides?
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You have no excuse. Leave the party and find one that's more in keeping with your own morals.
For instance, if I may pontificate for a moment or two (and it appears I may), a long time ago when he was still a teenager my own pastor attended church every Sunday. No surprise there, right? The man grew up to become a minister. When he first began attending this church everyone carried their own Holy Bible and referred to it several times during the Sunday sermon. As the years passed the references to any particular passage during a sermon lessened, until finally there were none. At the same time fewer people carried their Bible to church services, until finally only one young man arrived in church with a Bible. That's when he left to find a different church.
Shall you also say it demands that a man kick his truth and his conscience into the gutter, and become a mouthing lunatic, besides?
Note that the author is firmly convinced that his own philosophy is correct and there is no possibility for change. That's fine so long as he's spent a fair amount of time examining his personal moral code for serious flaws. I expect that in this case he has, but that won't hold true for everyone.
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