Thought For The Day

"My wrath is kindled against you and against your two friends, for you have not spoken what is right of me, as my servant Job has." God speaking to Eliphaz the Temanite, Job 42:7

Leon Wieseltier on the cataclysm in the Indian Ocean:

It is indecent to move immediately from catastrophe to theodicy. Evil should shock and disrupt. The humanity of the dead should be honored with the tribute of dissonance, the tribute of doubt. I do not see how a theistic view of the world cannot be embarrassed, or damaged, by such an event. If it is not possible to venerate nature for its goodness, then it is not possible to venerate the alleged author of nature for His goodness.

I mentioned a couple of days ago that I am an agnostic. I should clarify; the relevant possible alternatives are a universe that is atheistic or a universe governed by the god of Job. Traditional theology is the practice of bowing before malevolence and calling it grace. Nietzsche was right.