โ€˜Playing God,โ€™ Playing to Lose

We live our lives with innumerable expectations: that the sun will set and rise, that an apple will fall downward when dropped, that our loved ones will not suddenly abandon us, that what is good today will still be good tomorrow, and so on. Such expectations lend our lives a semblance of order and it is there that the meaning of our lives has its home.

But sometimes the thoroughly unexpected happens, and if that happening is bad it subverts our sense of an ordered and meaningful world. Put simply, when we face an inexplicable tragedy, the meaning of our lives is at stake. Naturally, at such times we look for an explanation from the authority ultimately responsible for the matter to set ourselves aright.

This perennial phenomenon of human experienceโ€”the search for God in the wake of inexplicable...

Contains Mention
Oct 2nd 2021
Full review >>
Like Love Haha Wow Sad Angry Hmm Dislike