If you want to keep the Big Tent filled,
You’ll have to sacrifice a thousand details
At the altar of Mindlessness
In order to get the sort of
Unquestioning loyalty you’ll need
To keep things running smoothly.
And then what you’ll have is a big tent
Filled with people for whom
The details are readily expendable—
Which is quite useful if you’re
Wanting to make a profit,
Recruit sycophants for yourself,
Or to retain a ready mob.
And if those are not what you want,
Then why are you trying
To fill a big tent when you know—
Or should know by now—
That the number of those who are
Seeking Truth will not exceed
What a small gate can handle?
“…wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.”
Matthew 7:13-14. NIV
