day no. 16,743: in bad shape is not the same as shapeless

"Don't say, 'There is no true creed; for each creed believes itself right and the others wrong.' Probably one of the creeds is right and the others are wrong. Diversity does show that most of the views must be wrong. It does not by the faintest logic show that they all must be wrong... They are all serious, and most of them are wrong. But one of them is right. One of the faiths is justified; one of the horses does win; not always even the dark horse which might stand for Agnosticism, but often the obvious and popular horse of Orthodoxy. The Favourite has been known to come in first. But the point here is that something comes in first. That there were many beliefs does not destroy the fact that there was one well-founded belief. I believe (merely upon authority) that the world is round. That there may be tribes who believe it to be triangular or oblong does not alter the fact that it is certainly some shape, and therefore not any other shape. Therefore I repeat, with the wail of imprecation, don't say that the variety of creeds prevents you from accepting any creed. It is an unintelligent remark." ― G.K. Chesterton, A Miscellany of Men

An abundance of creeds is not a valid excuse for abandoning all of them. One may feel overwhelmed by the number of doctrines in the world, but one cannot use this as a reason to get out from under all of them. The waters may be muddied by many creeds, but that doesn't mean that clear springs are a fiction. Muddy waters may make things unclear, but a credence of clear waters can make for a revival.

Jeremiah 12:5

If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? 

All creeds cannot all be right, of course, but one of them sure can be. Some can't keep up, but others can, and one outpaces them all. Some horse is going to win and someone will have been betting on it. A dark horse could win, but if it doesn't, another will.

John 5:37

And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.

The world may be, as far as you're concerned, in bad shape, but it most certainly is, regardless of what you may think of it, in a shape of some kind. Something can be out of shape, but that merely means it isn't the shape that it should be, not that it is now shapeless. 

Orthodoxy is not a product of preference. It is that which would be whether or not you ever were. It was true before you got here and will be true after you are gone. It is true whether you like it or not. It is true whether you have warm feelings toward it or cold indifference. It does not change, and therefore some are saved.

Malachi 3:6

For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.