Ever since Satan spoke to Eve in Eden, deceiving her as to the true characture of God, fallen man has been living surrounded by illusions and fallacies. They are death-dealing illusions and so become delusions. We are blind to reality and conceive fallacies to deal with the falleness of our world and ourselves. The untamed 'I' will always work against the well-being of the collective 'we.'Down through the ages the collective wisdom of the 'we' has been preserved but there are few who hear its voice.
The Laodicean Church proved that it is possible to be deceived as to our true spiritual state. The call was to hear the voice of the Lord of the Church who sought fellowship with His people.
As in Hebrews '...exhort one another daily, while it is called "Today", lest you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin...it is said 'Today, if you will hear His voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion'.
Thoughts engendered by Roger Scruton in 'The Uses of Pessimism'
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