People seem to think that becoming a Christian is an answer: the answer.
They think; if they can only become the right kind of Christian - i.e. join the right church and believe and do what it says - then they will have the answers.
(Not all the answers, but all the most important answers.)
Because people think that being a Christian is itself the answer, then they make-it-so - or try to make-it-so.
If they succeed in making being-a-Christian the answer - then from-that-point-onwards, they hand-over responsibility for ultimate values to... whatever they consider to be Christianity.
From-that-point-onwards their job is to understand and obey.
They regard becoming a Christian as arriving, coming home: as the end.
If, however, they fail to make-it-so, and discover that becoming a Christian is not the answer - then they stop being a Christian.
However, I would say that becoming a Christian is Not the answer.
Instead; becoming a Christian is to ask the right question.
I would say that becoming a Christian is not the end, but instead the beginning.
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