Yesterday a tragedy occurred not to far away . A woman was killed riding a quad bike on the road while doing routine farm work . The driver of the vehicle that killed her was a woman who was in the same year as me at school . The woman who died was married with three teenage children . What a mess . Lives ruined , all caused by a moment of chaos . Ive seen many such things happen this way and realise that nothing can save us , nothing . We all take our chances . I can relate to this incident as I was involved in an accident in which someone could have been killed . Luckily the on coming car which struck the unlucky man wasn't going too fast . Chaos , all is chaos .
There is a constant bloody onslaught that occurs on a daily basis against the human race . Some of its intentional , some accidental and its the accidental mode of destruction you or me are most likely to be caught out by . This cycle never stops and I hope it never stops too long in one place . You see I have a problem with people who say God is great , because if they say God has delivered them from a tribulation then someone somewhere else will I believe be paying the price . To think you can dodge this curse is extremely arrogant and mis-guided . As another blogger wrote how life owes you nothing and rewards nothing I will say its true , also I believe no matter how you live or don't live nothing will make a damned bit of difference concerning how your " luck " goes in this world . That's not to say we should all live as animals as having your own individual standards is rewarding within our selves but don't expect it to deliver you from that vehicle sliding down the road towards you on that fateful day or something worse ...
Tragedy's frame work remains the same and is interchangeable with any of our lives . It is not respecter of morals or past history . We all take our chances and even if you are extra careful you cant discount the fact that others may be less so vigilant . Again its all chaos . I guess reproducing sticks two fingures up at this monstorous cycle and may seem like a guaranteed " get out of jail free " card but in reality you have just bought in even heavier into this gamble . In fact you are rolling the dice a second time and taking a bigger risk . Of course the rewards are bigger but as this sorry saga proves its a dangerous game even though the odds of of sorrow are longer .
I believe there is a higher power, but, I also believe in some form of predestination, which is something that many people today think is an old, outmoded belief; but, if there are people returning to old practises like paganism or any other old religion that is basically older than time itself (or sort of), then I cannot see why predestination is such an "old" idea. Anyhow, to sum things up, I often question God myself as to the suffering of the innocent, for it is mostly the innocent in this life who suffer at the hands of the evil...I guess another good question would be, why do we allow evil to flourish when we could all do something about it, i.e. why do we not all rise up and end poverty all over the world, and rape, and murder, and war? I guess I believe we all have a part in these negative aspects as well, so I do not see myself as being completely innocent either. It's all so complicated though, and far from my ability to fathom. In the end, we can only comprehend so much with our mind and/or intelligence I suppose. :(
ReplyDeletePredestination is an idea that's growing on me too . Also I have read about " positive evil " that allows " good " to have something to work against or maybe just allow a balance to keep all in check . I have even read views that evil events cancel out a greater evil that is never allowed to fully manifest due to circumstances most of us feel aggrieved at . This could also be true . They are just views that I find interesting though , and not anything I can say that are my beliefs...
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