The unanswered questions we pose to our God

This post is an excursion into a topic that is more about Jesus and our faith than motorcycles. I hope you enjoy it. WP

I am a huge fan, and follower, of Ravi Zacharias the world renowned Christian Apologist. If you have not heard of Ravi, I suggest you take a moment to find a few of his videos on YouTube—he is a brilliant man who loves Jesus and obviously has Gods favor on his work. Dr. Zacharias has argued apologetics with some of the most famous atheists and agnostics in the world to include Stephen Hawking.

In a recent Q&A event at Princeton University Dr. Zacharias was joined by Vince Vitale (I`m not very familiar with Vince; however, he made for an interesting partner with Ravi) to advance apologetic arguments. It was a brilliant and exciting discussion of the empirical and existential reasons why our faith, our Jesus, our beliefs are the only true beliefs in this world.

In one of the questions from the audience (which was based on `If there is a God, why is there evil in this world’) Vince Vitale made a very simple yet superb argument for the questions in this life that are, or may remain, unknown to us as humans—and why.

He used a very simple metaphor: He basically stated that his dog trusted him and followed his every command. He went on to say that when he takes his dog to the vet and the vet determines that the dog needs a shot; he does not try to explain the shot to the dog.  He stated that the dog was not the same kind of being as he is and therefore cannot—no matter how hard he tries to explain it to the dog—understand why he has to get a long needle and a prick to feel better. The dog simply endures the pain and trusts his master. The dog will never understand at the same level of his master why the shot is good for him—he only feels the pain and is forced, or decides rather, to trust. I found this simple explanation to be vivid and luminous—yet powerful.

There have been many times in my own life I have questioned things that seem impossible to understand, that seem to make no sense what-so-ever, that seem needless or mindless; moreover, these questions at times strained my faith and belief in the existence of a God.

I can only say that pure experience evidenced by  supernatural or unexplainable events in my life were partially responsible for my personal faith; however, for those that may not have had these types of experiences—I hope the above metaphor can bring some light to the questions of “the unexplained.”

I will post the YouTube video below for your personal further review of this topic in more detail. God bless. WP