More about Christianstein

A couple of weeks back, Steve apparently did a sermon about 'Christianstein', based on a story from John Duckworth's Joan 'n' the Whale. John responded with a story about Emergent Christianstein.

Basically, the story of Christianstein is that a mad scientist tries to build the perfect specemin of a Christian, incorporating everything from courage and patience to daily Bible-reading and cultural relevance. He ends up creating a monster, because he forgets to include any love.

Just like Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (a.k.a. The Modern Prometheus), 'Christianstein' reminds me that we don't really know what's best for us. We try to become like God by stuffing around with people's genes, or by trying to shape ourslves and other people into what we think people should be like. What do we know? We forget about the most important thing, love.