There is a song, by a band known as VnV nation. The lyrics go
Ronan Harris writes:
quote:
When the Sun burns out will any of this matter.
Who will be there to remember who we were?
Who will be there to know that any of this had meaning for us?
And that terrifies me. The thought that for the grand majority of the projected life span of the universe nothing will care, or remember, all this struggle, passion, desire and joy. I want the works of Shakespeare to be a permanent landmark in the universe - a never fading testament to our achievements.
So does the idea of there being a God terrify me more? Probably not. A tyrannical God could probably scare me, but at least there was some point, even if it is arbitrary and unnecessarily painful.
On balance, I'd rather there was a God. I'm also painfully aware that the universe is under no obligation to grant my desires.
Even I before I became a believer would simply have taken all the above as a perfectly human and honest expression.
Since I became a believer, something in me fairly screams,
DON'T YOU KNOW THAT A BEING THAT HAS SUCH FEELINGS COULDN'T POSSIBLY HAVE COME TO EXIST BY PURELY BIOCHEMICAL PROCESSES? DON'T YOU KNOW THAT THE VERY EXISTENCE OF SUCH FEELINGS PROVES THAT THERE IS A GOD WHO MADE YOU AND THAT HE IS A GOOD GOD?
But I guess not. As I said, before I was a believer, I could just have shrugged and said, Well, yeah, me too, and here we are, and all of it is for nothing, so make whatever you can of it. But if you don't succeed at making anything of it, no real loss.
This message has been edited by Faith, 02-20-2006 01:40 AM
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