God, Life and Justice: A Personal Decision
There are events in one’s life, the intensity and impact of which bring about the deepest questionings. In mine, such events led me not only to question the meaning of life (which I had always taken to be on the good, or at least tolerable side), but the worthiness of life itself. Being a Catholic Christian, that meant I had questioned whether God was in fact in control over the balance of good and evil, at least in this planet where I lived. These thoughts can go on and on, until they reduce to the paramount issue of whether to continue living decently, or giving in to an ideology akin to Darwinian survival of the fittest, or Hobbes’ war of all against all. I resolved these issues, at least for now (to be honest), by faith (surprise!). I took it on faith that “life is unfolding as it should”, and that I should humbly and patiently wait upon the Lord’s judgment. This wasn’t easy, as we all observe injustice perpetrated repeatedly. But it is true indeed (and by that I mean it c...