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TUESDAY THOUGHT 11/4/08

Angry at God?  What God?
 
I overheard a conversation a while back about how a particle accelerator would provide proof of the Big Bang Theory, which in turn would “put a nail in the coffin of religion.”  The one fellow’s gleeful anger is what struck me.
 
It seems to me that a lot of people are angry at a God they don’t know.  And it’s not so much that they don’t believe in God; just that they don’t understand Him.  That’s like not believing in airplanes or computers because we don’t understand how they work.  Our ignorance doesn’t change their existence.
 
My point:  Not sure exactly, but I suspect we ought to be speaking up in these situations (no, I did not), if only to let others know that God is about faith, not science (though science, in my opinion, provides pretty powerful proof of the hand of God at work).  Is it our obligation?  I don’t know for sure, but it is perhaps our opportunity to make a difference, if only to plant a seed of doubt in a doubter’s mind.  Be joyful.  Be happy.  Cherish the gift of this wondrous day.  — jri
 
    “‘For three years now I’ve been coming to look
for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any.  Cut
it down!  Why should it use up the soil?’ 
    “‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone for one more
year, and I’ll dig around it and fertilize it.  If it bears
fruit next year, fine!  If not, then cut it down.’”
        –    Jesus Christ (telling a parable)
               (Luke 13:7-9)