Short story: The maverick preacher, Reverend Thomas Matheson, talks on love

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Reverend Thomas Matheson, was a different sort of a preacher. He preached love first, before all else. Here is his last Sunday sermon on love, belief, trust, reason, and faith. "I will start with this quote:" '"You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself."' "Now, Swami Vivekananda, (1863 to 1902) a well-known, Indian, spiritual mystic, said this." "And yet, to my mind, it is just not true." "We should neither believe in our self, nor believe in God." "Belief is a form of weakness, that takes us away from the truth." '"Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man."' "Thomas Paine, (1737 to 1809), an English philosopher, said this." "We can infer from this that any held belief is bad for us." "Belief creates a subconscious mind program within us, that tunnels us away from seeing the real truths then." "Belief undermines and detracts from love, because the belief is placed above the free-standing operating of that love." "Drop all beliefs, and just blindly follow love, as when you trust love in this way, it will give sight to what was previously blind." "Love is the light that shines its truth onto all things, so stay with love, and forget about belief, trust, faith, and reason, being put first, and so above that love." "All of these must come second, if they need to exist at all, as they are mere attributes of one loving, that trust, belief, faith, develop in the mind, and heart, too, when one loves fully so." "Ok, that is my talk for today." And he went and sat down, on his chair, for a few minutes of silence. Photo Credit: The photo used in this article was sourced from the free media site, pixabay.com The good Reverend had piercing eyes, but were they loving eyes too, or just eyes that wanted to eye people's reactions to his often controversially spoken words?