Tuesday, May 31, 2011

What is man that you are mindful of him?

Dawkins asks:

"Why should a divine being with creation and eternity on his mind, care a fig for petty human malefactions?" (p. 238, The God Delusion)

Maybe he'd be surprised that David asked a similar question:

"When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him?" (Psalm 8:3-4)

The differences between the two include:

  • Dawkins has an attitude of contempt, but David has an attitude of wonder.
  • Dawkins presumes that if he can't answer the question then it is probably unanswerable, David doesn't.
  • Dawkins asks the question of his readers, David comes to God with his question and looks to him for his answer.

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