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1 | God being lonely? | Mal 4:2 | Greekbabe132 | 149367 | ||
God- by Langston Hughes I am God- "Without one friend, Alone in my purity World without end. Below me young lovers Tread the sweet ground- But I am God- I cannot come down. Spring! Life is love! Love is life only! Better to be human Than God-and lonely." By the end of the Old Testament, God is far removed from the human scene. Can we prove that the charactetization of God in the poem is true? or no? |
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2 | God being lonely? | Mal 4:2 | Hank | 149368 | ||
GreeK: You write, "By the end of the Old Testament, God is far removed from the human scene." The last book of the Old Testament is Malachi, and in the last chapter of that book appear the words, "But to you who fear My name the Son of Righteousness shall arise with healing in His wings..." (Malachi 4:2b). This certainly doesn't sound to me like God is far removed from the human scene. Does it to you? ..... Why would you choose a poem by Langston Hughes of all people? Langston Hughes was a poet and novelist, a bitter and blasphemous skeptic who was born in Joplin, Missouri and died in 1967 at age 65. How familiar are you with his writings? What do you think of the following excerpts from his writings? ..... "Listen, Christ, you did all right in your day, I reckon -- but that day's gone now. They ghosted you up a swell story, too. Called it Bible, but it's dead now." ..... And this: "Goodbye, Christ Jesus Lord God Jehovah, beat it on away from here now. Make way for a new guy with no religion at all -- ME." One thing can be said about Langston Hughes: He's no longer a new guy with no religion; he's been dead for 40 years. God and His Christ live on and so does the word of God, the Bible, the book that Langston Hughes pronounced dead when he made his request to Jesus to beat it and make room for him, a new guy with no religion at all. I think this is so terribly sad and pathetic. What do you think? --Hank | ||||||
3 | God being lonely? | Mal 4:2 | atdcross | 164027 | ||
The last book in the Hebrew canon is 2 Chronicles wherein some glimmer of hope is given after seventy years of prophesied Israel's deportation and desolation in the land. But with that hope came 400 years of silence; no prophets arose, no judges arose. The poem is sad and although I cannot approve of its theological implications, that it portrays, however faulty, a feeling of divine loneliness for man's fellowship that is real cannot be altogether ignored; not that God needs us but he does desire us. So strong is that desire that it verges, from a human perspective, on need; such a divine longing that he sacrificed his most valued intimate in order to gain sinful men and women. Although, I'm not sure I understand the question, I would venture to say that the God characterized in this poem is foreign to Biblical revelation. If anything, it reflects the poets assumption that God is as lonely as he is and characterizes, not God, but the poets own loneliness. Allow me to switch the poem around: I am Man - "Without one friend, Alone in my impurity Until I'm dead. Above me divine love Like eagles freely soar - But I am only Man - Nailed to the floor. Spring! Life is love! (Although this love is phoney!) Better is Human love Than God's who left me lonely." |
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4 | God being lonely? | Mal 4:2 | Hank | 164030 | ||
Who is the author of the verses you cited, you? What's the point of the verses and, in fact, what's the point of your response to me? --Hank | ||||||
5 | God being lonely? | Mal 4:2 | atdcross | 164041 | ||
My apologies. I had absentmindedly responded under your post. I meant to answer Greekbabe and was just adding a different perspective (not intended as a disagreement from what you stated) for Greek's consideration. Regarding the "verses", it was just my own spin on the poem being discussed. |
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