aphorism 6, A Human Strategy


No hero really wants to die for something as much as he wants to live on in the minds of others.  The contentment of our sacrificial victims, then, requires our assistance: we must not only throw them into the volcano but must always bear them in mind.


However, the ultimate sacrifice, from a purely Christian viewpoint, would be to sacrifice oneself for all of humanity without any reward whatsoever — even the endurance of one’s identity in the mind of others.  It is thus that God will soon redeem all and make that final, pure sacrifice ... as only God can do.  It pains me to think about it.  All this while we have been waiting for Him, when it is He who has been waiting for us.



A Human Strategy ** The Mechanics of Virtue ** Post-Atheism



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