How To Be Your Own Selfish Pig
by Kathy Brown on September 20th, 2009 | 0 comments
The first time I unraveled the concept of “worldview” was in Rochester, MN. There is a small L’Abri Fellowship there, and it became a resource for my own adventure into the understanding of how Christianity is much more than personal faith.
The original L’Abri, a French word meaning “shelter," started (1955) in Switzerland by Francis and Edith Schaeffer. Many books by Francis Schaeffer have intrigued and challenged me. Their daughter, Susan Shaeffer Macaulay, however, wrote my favorite. Its title is: How To Be Your Own Selfish Pig . . . and other ways you have been brainwashed. The intended audience is high school and college students, and it is readable, funny and Truthful. To me, it is the best primer on worldview I’ve encountered. It has my highest recommendation!
The first chapter of this short book is sarcastically written: “Don’t ask questions.” If you are a regular on this website, you may recognize this advice as the worst anyone can receive! Actually, the best way to be shallow and superficial is to avoid those momentary instances in life that prompt the, sometimes scary, inquiries:
· “Is this all there is?"
· “What is the point of my life?”
· “Where do I go when I die?”
· “Why am I lonely?”
These are a few of the thought interrupters that are purposeful and designed to draw us to Reality (Life according to the Creator.)
We, who are human, search for the life lens that explains reality and our existence. “No man can live without a world view; therefore, there is no man who is not a philosopher.” (Francis Schaeffer, He Is There and He Is Not Silent.) We need to pay attention to our questions and track down the answers. The pipe and beard are optional.
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