If you’ve been in the marginally adequate place at the marginally adequate time you have heard or been a part of a conversation something like this;
“I don’t believe in God”
“Yes, but god believes in you.”
On one very significant level it’s a lot like;
“I don’t like tacos”
“But tacos like you.”
I’m always going to be on the side of the person stating personal preference (e.g. what they believe, what food they don’t like). Perhaps it’s the conceit of an American rasied with the notion individuality and freedom of choice are somehow the biggest and noblest of community and political aspirations. But yeah, the guy who says what he believes and what he likes has to always be right.
Logically too that guy is correct. In a magical way perhaps he does know gods general tastes, but it’s damn arrogant to speak on behalf of tacos. Some folks might argue that’s not the same thing. I’ll admit, I took just the one aspect, but, in my one aspect analogy, I’m pretty secure in my belief that no one knows the mind of tacos. They work in mysterious ways.
I’m not really making fun of arm chair evangelists, well, maybe a little. I think like other types of shotgun salesmen they are repeating a script they haven’t thought much about. Let’s take the premises though and make it work. The guy responsible for heaven and earth, life, morality all that stuff, keeps hidden and quiet, whereabouts unknown and mostly silent. He obviously knows something you don’t. So the phrase God believes in you could mean, look at you, fragile, easy to kill, all out in the open with a name a number address and any number of acquaintances you only know superficially knowing where and when they can find you.
Now the crazy evangelist seems a little less crazy. Ok, maybe he’s still bat shit crazy and paranoid, but he might have a point, or, rather god does through him. The mistake may not be in believing or not believing, but in the extent of super-powers. When someone wants to shut batman the hell up all they have to say is “Righteous men don’t need a mask to hide their identity”. Batman doesn’t have an altruistic reason to wear a mask. He does it so he doesn’t get busted, so he doesn’t have to go full bat, so his assests aren’t seized.
I’m just playing with ideas not trying to convince anyone or anything, though if I could it would be to not bug non-believers or taco abstainers. I happen to love tacos, but that’s not the point.
Ok, I’m doing what I should have before I started this entry; shutting the hell up.
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