Well, that is a very interesting point you bring up, Morpheus.
I believe in Jesus Christ.
And I also agree with your conclusion on decisions being forced.
However I want to point out this.
This situation has become so dire that we as a people have essentially no other choice but to believe in intervention by an outside, unknown force, because the evil that we face from our own kind is too great for us to overcome without such intervention.
Hope is the stratgey of those without the means to change their current circumstance, and that is us.
It bothers me to know that we must hope for a force greater than us, and I mean greater in goodness, to defeat the evil that is in us and that we are inflicting upon ourselves.
I’m not sure why it bothers me, because I have always been taught and have known that man is imperfect. In fact, imperfect is a bit too kind of a word to use. As far as I can see mankind is not to be trusted. At all.
So here I am, praying that the mercy of my Lord will save us from ourselves -again-.
I really hope this prayer gets answered, because if not, there is nothing else...we literally do not know, nor do we have the slightest clue has a people what the word justice even means any longer. That word has been corrupted by mankind, and that is just the very tip of the iceberg upon which we are now riding.
Don’t worry Chris, I can’t say that I haven’t felt some frustration myself either. But then again, what are friends and discussions for.
Either way, looking back at history, sometimes it takes a lot for good to prevail, but it is nonetheless doable. After a while I rethought what and why I was fearing something more than I had to, and then I realized, well, if God is all-powerful, he certainly does have a plan.
Don’t worry Chris, I can’t say that I haven’t felt some frustration myself either. But then again, what are friends and discussions for.
Either way, looking back at history, sometimes it takes a lot for good to prevail, but it is nonetheless doable. After a while I rethought what and why I was fearing something more than I had to, and then I realized, well, if God is all-powerful, he certainly does have a plan.