Since I made my first post, I’ve had some time to think about the reasonable explanation (from a purely human perspective) why evil things happen for seemingly no acceptable reason. And from a human perspective, it’s pretty clear to me that you’re only left with three options:
1. The “Deists” were right all along. God is only waiting for the timer to sound, signaling the end of life as we know it.
2. The Atheists were right all along. God doesn’t even exist, and when really good shit or really bad shit occurs, we have no one to thank or curse but ourselves and the universe we dwell in.
3. God is intentionally allowing (or causing) wicked things to happen because He’s really up to no good at all, again, at least according to our perspective.
As a reminder, my assessment is only from the human perspective.
But what if we were able to “divine” God’s perspective? What if we were able to reach out into the bleak unknown and find something tangible and explicit?
That’s what I’m looking for.
Why?
Because I don’t believe that we’re “it”. And when I say that, I mean that I don’t believe that the buck stops with us. I don’t believe that we are an arbitrary happenstance, or a whim. And if we aren’t arbitrary, if our existence has some bigger purpose, if our lives matter for something… well, then “something” is tending to the minutiae. Or “someone“.
The conversation continues…
22/05/2008 at 11:09 am Permalink
It sounds like you have stepped across the line in the sand right there at the end.
The prevailing schism seems to be between those who believe there is an answer to the meaning of life and those who have resigned that there is not. One camp reasons a case for “optimism” while the other emotionally pleads “hope”. All have reason to despair and each has a unique confidence in something.
The belief that there is more or less to life has been confidently carved with your tool of choice.