Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge & Truth — Page 219
SECULAR VIEWPOINTS EXAMINED. God with regard to the life they lead is of no consequence. . They may rob or steal, they may maim or kill, they may hoard wealth or build castles with lies, deception, cheating and fraud. They may do whatever they will, as long as they do not change their loyalties to their own priests and do not prostrate to their rivals; everything else about them is just fine and acceptable. The centre of their worship shifts from. God to prophets, from prophets to their own wretched egos. . Thus the corrupt mortals emerge in their new role of demigods. . The case of the ignorant masses who follow them is no less pitiable. All they know on earth is that God is priest and priest is God. They are incapable of challenging his authority in the matter of faith. A diametrical change in the orientation of submission takes place. place. It becomes impossible for them to know the difference. The will of the priest, to them, becomes the will of God. It remains so only as long as the priest does not cross the path of their selfinterest. The moment he ventures to do so he loses his authority over them and is no longer treated as an object worthy of submission. In the domain of his personal interests, no member of an immoral society such as this knows any God other than himself. Homage is paid to the pseudo-gods of priests only as long as they do not clash with the egos of those they lead. Thus the journey from monotheism to polytheism turns a full circle. Ego worship is the only logical destination of a religious society in decadence. . In all promiscuous societies, as mentioned above, the sudden appearance of a Divine Warner, is always treated as most annoying interference. Such exactly was the treatment meted out to Jesus as when he appeared among the sheep of the House of Israel. But in their attitude to him, they should be referred to as wolves rather than sheep. 215