'narrow minded' and take the single cure means to be healed and therefore be free to live a healthy, robust life!Many people say that if you believe something and are not willing to abandon it, that you do not have an 'open mind'. If you hold something as true, they accuse you of being 'dogmatic' and 'closed-minded'. But to firmly declare that there is no single path to truth is also a dogmatic statement!To never make a choice is to lose your choice. To never choose a path is to never go anywhere at all. Is there nothing to trust in? Why spend a lifetime standing on nothing - and die in that confused, uncertain state when you run out of time? It takes just as much faith to say there is no knowable truth as it does to believe that a truth is there! Scripture gives the correct definition of what an 'open mind' should be: "Examine everything carefully; hold on to what is good" (1 Thessalonians 5:21). God doesn't want you to hide your head in the sand, or to swallow everything you hear. He encourages you to be wise, to examine things and think hard about them. But an 'open mind' does not mean holding on to everything you see! And on the opposite end, an 'open mind' does not mean refusing to hold on to anything and drifting in uncertainty forever. An 'open mind' is being willing to honestly consider everything - but then taking a stand only on what is true!In the film, was Morpheus arrogant for saying he had the truth? No! Morpheus did have the truth; he was simply being honest! Was he 'narrow-minded'? Yes! Morpheus knew that there was only one way for Neo to enter the truth. Were Morpheus' warnings about the Agents to Neo just cheap threats or scare tactics, or were they simple truth out of concern for Neo's own good? You know the answer. And as ultimate proof that Morpheus was a good man, he was willing to lay down his own life to save Neo.Jesus Christ claimed to be the truth and the only way to God. Because of that, He and those who beli...
