I respect Dennis Prager’s notion that Jews as a rule argue
with the Ruler of the Universe.
with the Ruler of the Universe.
I do not respect the notion that God merely succumbs to a petulant
stand-off, like a wearied parent worn-out from explaining the obvious to an
over-thinking teenager.
stand-off, like a wearied parent worn-out from explaining the obvious to an
over-thinking teenager.
Job the patriarch argued with God, only to close his mouth
in shame, realizing that he spoke of things which he did not understand. Moses
argued with God, only to witness God relent time and again against His “Stiff-necked”
people. Jacob wrestled with God, only to be wounded in his thigh. Later, the
Lord renamed him “Israel”, which also means “prince with God.”
in shame, realizing that he spoke of things which he did not understand. Moses
argued with God, only to witness God relent time and again against His “Stiff-necked”
people. Jacob wrestled with God, only to be wounded in his thigh. Later, the
Lord renamed him “Israel”, which also means “prince with God.”
People who argue with God have the vain notion of knowing
better, and like the pot chiding the potter to gasp “What doest thou?”, they
arrogantly and naively deem themselves worthy of putting God on trial. People
who play God either pray to Him and receive His grace, or they pay for their
resistance with bitterness, frustration, and unsupported atheism. The indubitable
certitude of a conference of atheists actually witnesses to the fanatical blind
attachment that people have to an empty humanism which has allowed man to make gods
or unmake God altogether.
better, and like the pot chiding the potter to gasp “What doest thou?”, they
arrogantly and naively deem themselves worthy of putting God on trial. People
who play God either pray to Him and receive His grace, or they pay for their
resistance with bitterness, frustration, and unsupported atheism. The indubitable
certitude of a conference of atheists actually witnesses to the fanatical blind
attachment that people have to an empty humanism which has allowed man to make gods
or unmake God altogether.