I had a 32 year old son. He was brilliant, a genius. He graduated college with a dual major in physics and philosophy. He was given a teaching assistantship to get his Ph.D. in analytic philosophy. He was a whiz at mathematics and symbolic logic. For whatever reasons he adopted the kind of rationality that is popular among the new atheists. He too would not accept the existence of God, much less the existence of a God of absolute love and mercy who would bring all things to consummation in his eternal kingdom. He wanted empirical evidence and philosophical demonstration. He described himself as an agnostic, because he knew he could not prove the non-existence of God and did not want to rule out the future possibility that compelling evidence might be forthcoming in the future. But the simple fact is, he had so constructed his rational world in such a way that he could not experience Transcendence in any way. The box was closed tight. All the windows were shut. There was only darkness. And because he could not believe in the God and Father of Jesus Christ, he could not find any meaning for his life. And so two years ago he jumped to his death. And our lives were shattered beyond repair. My brilliant son is gone. I do not have a tenth of his intelligence. All I can do now is blog. So no. My belief in God has very little to do with metaphysical arguments. It never has. My belief in God—not just any God but the God who raised Jesus Christ from the dead on Eastern morning–has everything to do with LIFE, SUFFERING, DEATH, HOPE, MEANING, LOVE. -Fr. Al Kimel
Posted on: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 21:49:49 +0000
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