But if the vastness of Nature ever threatens to overcrow our spirits, we must remember that it is only Nature spiritualised by human imagination which does so.
- C.S. Lewis
A paradox to unravel. Or to ravel into.
Our rationality is a window into the supernatural.
The worthiness of our existence is questioned and challenged. People will say that we cannot possibly be important. We are tiny specks in the universe. Why would a god pay any attention to us? Others make up their own views based on their whims. They cannot "buy" into the Christian world view because someone in the past has gotten it wrong and set the standard for them in a bad light. A human-set light. Alas, their mind is set against it and they do not turn their face back towards it. The sad thing is that they are missing the true core of Christianity because of a faulty human who portrayed Christianity in a skewed way.
They make up their minds that we can only depend on ourselves. Would people rather view their own existence as the sad notion that this world is all there is? If that is their belief, it is the saddest view of life, and they are rightly quite depressed.
What I cannot grasp is this. Why would someone decline to believe in the God who offers hope and life eternal with inclusion of a newly made earth where everything is perfected and gloriously made new? Why would they choose the view of deprivation and despair? Do they like to be unhappy in their own unhappiness?
I think a lot of people in our world do not think. If they actually used some time to think, they would have questions, which would lead to learning some truth. To get people to think about God, you first have to get people to think. That is the challenge in all of our days.
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