ity, the parties,everything! (ibid 5) He came to the insight that his former life had become my god,that it was an idol.Mr. Chatham apparently succumbed to the disease [it is not said exactly when], but notbefore he was re-united with his family and embraced the spiritual aspect which joinedhim to a greater family. He considered himself subject to divine intervention the entiretime and assessed his life and impending death as ultimately leading to victory. His early adult life was defined by living the isolated, myopic lifestyle which revolvesaround sexual pleasure as the beginning and end of existence. Faced with an earlydeath which was precipitated by that lifestyle, he found himself forced to take a look atthe meaning of his life from a larger perspective. Eventually, he came to realize thatwhat people did, even as consenting adults, had consequences outside himself.Further, he was not alone, he never was; he, like each one of us is bound by willful,transcendent, spiritual power.A spiritual experience such as this is by its nature personal. It cannot be adequatelyexplained to someone who has no similar point of reference. Unless one knowsfirsthand what it is to experience divine contact... well, a clinical explanation of a voiceor image or feeling of power which cannot be summoned to be observed in a laboratoryis defined as schizophrenia.Beautiful and moving as a testimonial of this kind is, the effect would be limited. Theremay be those who are wavering in their conviction that there is nothing more to life thanwhat appears. Im sure the story was told partly to reach those people before it is toolate; before they would have to learn what Mr. Chatham did the hard way.There are organizations such as the Family Research Council, which, according to itsofficial website exists to promote the traditional family unit and the Judeo-Christianvalue system upon which it is built. There is a real or perceived suspicion by asignificant segment o...
