Recent consideration of the long and bumpy road of Christian theological controversy has led me to wonder if the rants against the faith that I occasionally hear are an indication of troubled relationships with God rather than no relationship at all. It’s not just charitable thinking: The psalms and other scriptures are peppered with the honest, angry and bitter disappointments of sinners-becoming-saints, and even dissent and despair. Even the devil’s contempt and rage are duly noted. Such is the Bible’s mirror.
Utter indifference is a greater enemy – the malaise that won’t rise to the trouble of a cure, the relationship not valuable enough to reconcile, the sin not worth setting right by repentance. Snapping out of spiritual boredom may happen when one addresses pointed complaints to the Judge. At least the dialogue is restarted, and he is known for persuasive acts of sheer kindness.
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