This is a simple matter.
Dirt was raised up as many forms of life. Animals are not sinful. Animals are subject to decay. Man is an animal which was selected to be the
emissary between Life who is alive, and the lives which were given life. Part of this connection was the provision of everlasting life. Man sought
"freedom," but freedom, in this and most contexts, is deceiving. Man did not know the way, so he became lost. Man cannot bear an eternal burden, so
he became weak. Christ was the provision which "patched" our malfunctions. Those who are alive, will remain alive, those who are dead, what little
life they live will decay. Physical decay is more similar to spiritual decay than I care to ever dwell on (although I do at times).
If you are free and without understanding/life/truth, your ways are lost.
If you are free and without expression of understanding/life/truth, your journey is short.
If you are free and with understanding/life/truth, your ways are purposed/purposeful.
If you are free and with expression of understanding/life/truth, your journey is everlasting.
We are certainly priestly animals.
What animal thinks so godly/magically/creatively/etc.
What man is free from the decay/death?
We are distinct, and the same.
We are individuals, and one
However, in this blending dichotomy, those whose eyes are set on death will end in death, but those whose eyes are set on life will end in life.
We live in an age where fools often become old and the young often appear to be more wise than they are.
These are the inherent flaws in the advances of men who cannot set their eyes on life. Nevertheless, every ounce of life bows to Life who is
alive.
When someone says to a spiritual/religious person that there is no "god," I agree, except that, what we can agree that unifies us in principle, life,
is truly alive and is "god" in more than principle. Idols, like the dead men who set their eyes upon them, decay, but Truth does not decay.
edit on 10/1/2010 by Dasher because: Corrected a typo and altered the first sentence in the last paragraph to emphasize the distinction
between principled men and men of princple.