A group of well-trained amateurs and a vibrant leader put on
a “gospel” type show on a street corner, praising “God’s Love”. Joyful and
energetic. Uplifting. Even inspiring. But to mistake this putative outpouring
of “Human Love” for “God’s Love” is a long stretch.
If I were to sing praises to a rock, to profess love for a
rock and to worship a rock, that would be an indication of my love for the
rock. Unless the rock did something to reciprocate, I would have no measure of
the rock’s love for me. See? The point is this: when something awful happens,
and people assemble, sing, dance and pray, that is not an expression of “God’s
Love”. That is an expression of the people’s faith. God is absent from these
events. One might ask “where was God when the boy was gunned down?” Probably
watching. But loving the boy? Loving the hundreds of people injured as a
result? Loving mankind so much that millions of Believers are butchered every
year?
No, to me the answer is clear: If God there be, then God be
watching. Not helping. Not intervening and certainly not loving. You don’t “love”
someone and watch them suffer according to some “perfect plan” without helping.
If there be God, then God has a funny way of “loving” his adoring masses. Makes
absolutely no sense at all to me.
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