Blackrook
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Being Catholic means you don't really have to grapple with the big issues. All the answers are in a book, you read it, and then that's it. No fuss, no muss.
I see the struggles of people who grapple with the big issues, and they seem to be in a great deal of emotional pain. They really don't know why we are here, what it's all for, what's the point of all this, and why they should bother to go on living. I feel sorry for these people because they don't have the answers and they don't have any way of getting the answers.
Some of these people who lack answers and struggle with it are comedians, and they entertain people and make lots of money with their grappling for answers, which has a comic value even though it's really tragic.
There is no real way I can help any of these people because if I told them the answers, they would refuse to believe me. I know, I've tried.
I'm not saying I'm a saint, I'm not. Also, while I know all the answers, I have a certain hostility to God that arises from his unwillingness to smooth the path before me and make everything work out for my benefit. I understand that my attitude is completely immature, since I am making demands of God that he warp the universe to favor me, but there it is.
So really, my position may be even more precarious than the man who struggles for answers. I know the answers, but I refuse to act on them. That means I am most certainly damned, unless I repent in time and make a good confession.
I see the struggles of people who grapple with the big issues, and they seem to be in a great deal of emotional pain. They really don't know why we are here, what it's all for, what's the point of all this, and why they should bother to go on living. I feel sorry for these people because they don't have the answers and they don't have any way of getting the answers.
Some of these people who lack answers and struggle with it are comedians, and they entertain people and make lots of money with their grappling for answers, which has a comic value even though it's really tragic.
There is no real way I can help any of these people because if I told them the answers, they would refuse to believe me. I know, I've tried.
I'm not saying I'm a saint, I'm not. Also, while I know all the answers, I have a certain hostility to God that arises from his unwillingness to smooth the path before me and make everything work out for my benefit. I understand that my attitude is completely immature, since I am making demands of God that he warp the universe to favor me, but there it is.
So really, my position may be even more precarious than the man who struggles for answers. I know the answers, but I refuse to act on them. That means I am most certainly damned, unless I repent in time and make a good confession.