Pluralism cannot comprehend purity and polytheism cannot make sense of monotheism. Enmity is hard-wired into existence by Christ (Gen. 3:15) and one of the most effective offensives the enemy has launched is convincing his adversaries that a ceasefire is not only possible, but ideal. But the one who multiplies idols only multiplies sorrows.
Psalm 16:4
Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drinking offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips.
There are some offerings that cannot be rejected too impolitely. Imposition is impolite. The enemy is banking on your commitment to the code. It is what allows his impoliteness to impose upon your polity.
"If I conceived it best to put my foot through through a law of etiquette, I should feel gratified in having it to do." — Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Lectures to My Students
If you're going to kick back, do so with the intent of putting your foot through it.
"Those who worship idols are simply multiplying sorrows for themselves. As Matthew Henry put it, ;those who find one God too little will rush off into idolatry, only to find two gods far too many, and one hundred gods too few.' Every idol is an additional sorrow, every graven image is an additional grief." — Douglas Wilson, Blog & Mablog, Pleasures Forevermore/Psalm 16
There is no peace treaty to be had with polytheism. To what standard could you hold them? There is no ceasefire possible with pluralism. Pluralism is a single-minded idea imagining itself a diversity. It is laser pointed, but parading as a rainbow. It is focused, yet marketed as undefined.
Imposition is inescapable and compromise is a sad way to die, while fighting is a glorious way to live, even if we die fighting.
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