>>I hear songs like 'Job's sad song' and i'm confused. The one Joni is talking to in that song is God. He's the one her bitter confession is directed to. But how can you talk, blame and criticize something you don't even believe exists? "You make everything i dread and everything i fear come true" - how come? You think he's nothing, an invention - then why even bother? It's confusing.<<
Nuri, You're not the only one who's confused. In Joseph Heller's 'Catch-22', Yossarian and Lieutenant Scheisskopf's wife (neither of whom believe in God) are arguing about Him, and Yossarian says some pretty nasty things about God, including a threat to 'grab that little yokel by His neck and.', and the following dialogue takes place: Lieutenant Scheisskopf's wife- "Stop it! Stop it! Stop it!" Yossarian - "What the hell are you getting so upset about? I thought you didn't believe in God." LSW- "I don't, but the God I don't believe in is a good God, a just God, a merciful God. He's not the mean and stupid God you make Him out to be." Y - "Let's have a little more religious freedom between us. You don't believe in the God you want to, and I won't believe in the God I want to. Is that a deal?" does this help? mike in barcelona np ali farke toure - heygana
