Holiness is as much an objective state of being as that of a feeling. I take comfort in that fact, because I've never felt holy. If I did, then I have long forgotten that feeling.
One need not feel holy, but it is arguable that one should at least be reckoned holy.
And how does one do that? I venture that holiness (or its twin, righteousness) is impossible to achieve. If it were, then being "holy" is not what it's held up to be. When I say that, I take a rather dull view of human standards and morality. But why not?
So why should we all be considered holy?
Because I suspect that in the end, nothing less than that will mark us out as good human beings.
No wonder we loathe high standards.
One need not feel holy, but it is arguable that one should at least be reckoned holy.
And how does one do that? I venture that holiness (or its twin, righteousness) is impossible to achieve. If it were, then being "holy" is not what it's held up to be. When I say that, I take a rather dull view of human standards and morality. But why not?
So why should we all be considered holy?
Because I suspect that in the end, nothing less than that will mark us out as good human beings.
No wonder we loathe high standards.
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