# Sacrifice, Miracle And Salvation

Today is Christmas. In other words, it's the birthday of Christ.
So while I'm not a Christian, I thought of him today. Because I
really respect him as a person.

Sacrifice - Miracle - Salvation. I think that's the core message
of the story of Christ. And the most important thing is sacrifice.
Because that enables the whole path.


If you want to change the world, you should sacrifice something.
You can't change the world without sacrificing the benefits from
the Ancien Regime. Because of this, sacrifice is also an act against
the system. It declares that you don't need the system.

A famous example is Francis of Assisi. He sacrificed all his money
and the relationship with his rich family to believe in god and to
change the world.

From this view, I agree with Christian anarchists. Christ was the
ultimate anarchist and the sacrifice was an anarchistic act.

Sacrifice is also an antithesis of today's modern materialistic
world. Today's world doesn't want to sacrifice. I think a reason
is that the world doesn't believe in miracle anymore. And that
would also be a reason of the current crisis. If you don't believe
in miracle, why don't you just satisfy with all the hedonistic
pleasures from the system? There will be no miracle.


So how to change the world exactly? Christ showed a possibility.

In terms of love, sacrifice means Agape.

> But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you,
> do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully
> use you, and persecute you;
>
> Matthew 5:44

He said that showing Agape will change the world. The key is love.

And he somewhat changed the whole Europe. Why I said "somewhat" is
because I think the direction of the change was not exactly what
he wanted.

In terms of the technological system, Jacques Ellul said this is
the only way. Since the technological system makes a dialectical
totality but god is trascendental from it, the only possibility is
god. And that means this way of Christ since he was a Christian
anarchist.

While I don't think this is THE way, it would be beautiful if that
becomes true.