Prompt: Go off on a rant
Today, a friend's Facebook status said something about the existence of God. She said it with little punctuation, with spelling errors: three or four vicious lines about how obvious it was that no God ever did, does, or will exist.
I am generally annoyed and disappointed with public thoughts that reflect the same self-evident approach to the existence of God, usually focusing on some piece of creation and then insulting atheists.
They have no idea how long and hard the other has looked, only to come to the end of their ability and finally hit the ground in despair, usually at the edge of the faith leap. Those who see God there must realize how distinctly close they were to the edge of unbelief. And others arrive at the edge, and cannot lift their heads because of shame.
Who is either the atheist or the believer to call the other ignorant? The journey is treacherous. They may have arrived at either decision with only the faintest of guiding lights, and with great pain and sorrow.
Self-evident, indeed.
The way is narrow.
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