Ultimate confidence in the goodness of life cannot rest upon confidence in the goodness of human beings. If that is where it rests, it is an optimism which will suffer ultimate disillusionment. Romanticism will be transmuted into cynicism, as it has always been in the world’s history. The faith of a Christian is something quite different from this optimism. It is trust in God, in a good God who created a good world, though the world is not now good; in a good God, powerful and good enough finally to destroy the evil that we do and redeem us of our sins. This kind of faith is not optimism. It does not, in fact, arise until optimism breaks down and we cease to trust in ourselves that we are righteous. – Reinhold Niebuhr, “Beyond Tragedy”

Kemm inħoss li dan li qed jikteb dwaru Reinhold huwa importanti li naħsbu aktar fuqu u forsi nitkellmu aktar dwaru. Dan l-aħħar ġejt f’kuntatt ma’ wieħed li mill-ewwel qtajtu ferrieħi ħafna, anzi stħajjiltu li huwa l-buffu tal-grupp. Iddarrast ħafna imma meta t-tfaqqigħ tad-daħk tħallat mat-tfaqqigħ ta’ dagħa bis-Sinjur Alla. Meta nduna li jiena smajtu, ġie ħdejja, u bħal qisu jrid jiskuża ruħu qalli li hu mhux raġel ħażin u jagħmel ħafna karità. Knisja però ma jmurx imma lill-Madonna tal-Karmnu ‘jaduraha’. Read More | Comments