by CR (164)
After reading all or most of the previous texts, the readers may be asked some questions: how will they behave or react to the explanations they have received? Will they be willing to review its most important topics, in order to permeate that knowledge, to better understand what life is all about, and the principles, the laws, the foundations by which we are all governed?
Will our previous writings be given the importance, the value, the regard they deserve? Will the readers come back to read them once again and use them for regular consultation, or will they relegate them, just like a short story they've read to pass the time, into oblivion?
The greatest evil in the world lies precisely in the indifference with which the serious problems of life are dealt with. The mind, which evolves so much with the constant exercise of reasoning, is seldom utilized by human beings, because they are accustomed to accept, without further examination, explanations that explain nothing about the whys of life, because religious obscurantism, powerless to provide any serious clarification, tell its followers that the divine decrees which govern life are mysterious and impenetrable.
It should be emphasised that Christian Rationalism does not have material interests to protect. Leaders and assistances of Christian Rationalist Centres live off of their honest work. In these Centres they learn to discipline material and spiritual activity, so that one will not conflict with the other, and they are happy to be able to make a contribution to their fellow man that they also received when they had the good fortune of encountering Christian Rationalism.
References
[1] Christian Rationalism, 1st Edition, Rio de Janeiro 1984
[2] Compilation, paraphrasing, translation from original texts in Portuguese
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