ATTEMPTING TO shed metaphoric light on the HUMAN LACK OF REASONING, WHEN ACCEPTING EARTHLY AUTHORITIES IN HEAVENLY MATTERS
as follows: …
Me (or anyone else) showing up to the first day of a Football Spring Camp after having been chosen ahead of 1000s of other players .. and finally getting that big career chance to be somebody …. and the Coach informs me that, by wearing my soccer gear, my attire is not proper and I risk being cut from the team ..if I don’t’ immediately surrender my beloved Lucky Soccer Gear and conform to the wearing of the required helmet and pads.
And I just can’t understand why he isn’t willing to accept the fact that “I” have been playing soccer for many years with this same gear (and the games are very closely related) as well as that I have an inkling that my Lucky Soccer Gear is the only tools I need and that it will allow me the freedom of movement that the restrictions of the traditional helmet and pads take away. It also seems to me that it would be best, for the team, if other players would be allowed to make their own decisions as to what attire works best for them personally. This seems to me to be a very reasonable request .. as I like to think of myself as a team player .. and know in my heart that we all have the same goal of putting the ball into the end zone a greater number of times then the enemy team and gaining the reward of the trophy for the glory of our coach and TEAM.
So maybe what I should do is just, go ahead and, wear my gear …get out there and show them all how much better someone can actually perform. And surely (even before halftime) the outcry of the fans will support my efforts and when the owners and the scouts see all of this (from their lofty perched, plush, glass covered boxed seats) they will be forced to agree and immediate change will take place in these archaic rules.
OR, maybe just maybe it would be best if I would take my request to the Assistant Coach. He is a reasonable man (and played a lot of soccer in his day) and in a position of authority to present my case to the Head Coach and the Owners at an appropriate meeting, at which time I am sure they will see the validity of a need for a change in the NFL rulings. And someday (maybe not in my lifetime but someday) the rules will reflect this necessary freedom and the means of all footballs players to achieve their utmost.
Either way I guess the decision is mine, but my “retirement plan” sure would be a lot better off if I could figure in the rewards of a few years in the NFL….Hmmmmm what to do?
Footnote on this adage (metaphor):
CONCEPT # 1): Let us consider how impossible and absolutely ludicrous we truly consider the idea of anyone playing (a game) on earth and publicly embarrassing themselves and their coach and team (and in the case of the Olympics their Country) by making personal decisions that bypass set rules of any form, in any “game”– be it football — hockey — baseball — basketball — tennis — boxing — …you name it.
Let us consider in our heart of hearts: How important are those rules? To the game and to show respect to the efforts made by the decision makers of any of these games, over the last, lets say 200 years ? (most of the games as we know them have matured, to a science, within that time period)
CONCEPT # 2): Let us consider in our heart of hearts: The “rules” within the Church (generally accepted as the body of Christ) and the efforts made by the decision makers over the last 2000 years. How important are those rules to the salvation of Individual Souls of all nations?
Souls living under 1000s of different governmental — ancestral — and socially acceptable set rules.
Church rules, all of which have been designed to be true to The Teachings of The God That Became Man and by His Grace have been able to coincide with governmental and sociological rules, allowing each person of each country, (and century) the ability to live within their own society, and at the same time giving them the opportunity of being loyal to their Faith Practice for the betterment of their personal eternal existence
Bottom line in the form of One Question:
Are Concept #1 and Concept #2 even in the same league ?