As I approached my 95th birthday, I was burdened to write a book that addressed the epidemic of 'easy believism.' There is a mindset today that if people believe in God and do good works, they are going to Heaven.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I'm not born again, I'm not Kabbalah, God forbid, but I did have an experience hitting 30 that I needed to lean on something that assured me that everything is going to be okay. I had to regain a lot of my belief in fairy tales, in happy endings.
The birth of the Savior into mortality is an event of immeasurable significance that occurred almost 2,000 years ago. In much of the world, calendar years are numbered forward and backward from the entire time of His birth.
That's what got me through 65 years of life - my belief in God and what He's done for us and what He will do for us.
Only then, approaching my fortieth birthday, I made philosophy my life's work.
It is a common assumption that a person's good works will get them into Heaven.
I hope I never get so old I get religious.
In a secular age, an authentic miracle must purport to be a hoax, in order to gain credit in the world.
I say to people today, 'You must be prepared if you believe in something. If you believe in something, you have to go for it. As individuals, we may not live to see the end.'
Atheism is having a heyday in the born-again United States.
I decided if you're lucky enough to be alive, you should use each birthday to celebrate what your life is about.