There isn’t God, otherwise, why has he not heard us?

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That was the cry of a teenager brooding and mourning the brutal massacres of women and children by armed men and women in their town. What does that mean? Well, it means that people are flaunting divine authority or moral law as if they are gods. It means that the objective rules or values have been thrown away, rejected, or ignored by many men and women. They can do whatever they want, and they often get away with it. There seems to be no ultimate accountability or judgment for their actions. They force their interpretation of freedom, purpose, and meaning of life on others.

The gods of our Time

Some might think that the teenager’s cry for help portends a scary or nihilistic view of the world. The teenager’s forlorn hope contends that there’s no God, hence, the chaos and anarchy in the world. In every corner of the earth, it appears that people have lost their sense of morality and compassion. Selfishness, indifference, violence, and insensitivity make rounds from one country to another and from one continent to another. There are killings, wars, conflicts, and diseases in reckless abundance.  

Some might disagree with this argument because they would like to put aside the idea of God for a short time to feel liberated and empowered by their humanity. Some of those people among whom might be the armed men and women who killed and maimed thousands of people in different countries. Such people consider any external constraints or expectations as non-existent.

They may argue that they are not slaves to any higher power or a cosmic plan but rather slaves to their whims and caprices or slaves to premeditated vengeful actions. They are slaves to their reckless ambitions, slaves to their inhumanity, and slaves to some venal potentates. They are not remorseful of their actions. They do not feel any compassion for the people. They do not regret their actions. They do not feel any guilt nor fear any repercussions or punishments. They appear like gods. Nevertheless, they are cowards who hide behind balaclavas, AK-47s, and tanks as they rehearse their potential and ignominies.

Cries from different Continents

The teenager’s forlorn cry does imply that anything goes or that nothing matters in our world. It does reveal that there are still the ‘untouchables’ in this stone age. As there are ‘political untouchables’ there are ‘economic and religious untouchables.’ The cry for help does mean that the entire world is insensitive or indifferent to the consequences of the actions of some political or religious leaders. Why would our world not hear the forlorn cry of the teenager? Why should we disregard her feelings and the right to exist?

One teenager cries for peace in Africa, and another cries for peace in the Middle East. One teenager wails for love in Europe and another wails for hope in America. One teenager groans for freedom in Asia, and another groans for faith in Australia. Their lamentations are different requests from the younger generation to the older generation to see reason and motivation to do the right things. Their tears of a lost world reveal the unrelenting domination of evil over good, wrong over right, and worthlessness over meaningfulness.

The armed men and women represent the callous and violent armed groups of this world in different countries. Some refer to them as terrorists, others call them nationalists, and yet others see them as supremacists. But in essence, they are an immoral, irrational, and insensitive lot who maraud other people in the name of God, faith, or nationalism.  

Their actions are reasons why the teenager believes that there is no God, and they play god when they impose their beliefs and preferences on other people. The worst part is that they live not their own lives but the lives of their masters. They live inauthentic and dishonest lives. To say that they are hypocritical is, to say the least.

Your Freedom and God

To the teenagers crying on different continents, there is God, and he listens. The mere fact that you think about morality and values the world once cherished is evidence that there is God and people who still believe that good must be always done and evil rejected; that right is better than wrong and that valuable actions are better than worthless actions. The idea of God places universal and absolute standards for everyone to follow or abide by. Only a few never-do-wells rely on their subjective and impulsive personal preferences, like the armed men and women who massacred children, women, and men in different towns and villages.  

There is God because of the freedom given to all, though some would take the freedom but reject the responsibility. Many people abuse this freedom because they know very well that God will not force them to do anything against their will or violate their conscience. Hence, there is a good conscience (people in this category are conscious of their moral goodness which guides their actions). There is a bad conscience (people in this category feel guilt or shame because of thinking or doing something wrong. The guilt the individual feels is from inside and not outside. In this category, you can find people with guilty, remorseful, and troubled consciences). There is an erroneous conscience (people in this category make decisions contrary to universal laws because they are ignorant of that law. In this category, you can find people with lax, scrupulous, perplexed, or pharisaic consciences). Each of these types of consciences has the freedom to exist alongside other consciences. And you know what, God respects that and allows everyone to make their own decisions.  

The decision to attack your town and kill thousands of children, women, and men was not made by God. It was made by those armed men and women. Do we blame God or the armed men and women? You can disagree with me on any part of this writing. Do you think that God does not listen or hear forlorn cries for freedom, hope, and love? 

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