Monday, March 5, 2007

impossible neutrality

How can anybody be nobody!
This was my question to a friend who claimed to be neutral
in the matters of faith. This is one of the impossible facilities to man.
He cannot just disappear and stop existing.
When God is without partiality, neutral, it is because of his
greatness. When human terms are not enough to explain him,
we simply have to accept that God is God.
His neutrality never compromises with the truth.
A good example of man’s inability to be neutral is Pilate
who to the end tried to avoid the truth.
First he claimed to be culturally neutral.
He said to the Jews,” This is your problem. Am I a Jew?”
John 18:33-35
Then he claimed philosophical neutrality with his famous
agnostic question:” What is truth?” John 18:38
He was trying to be an observer only. This is a privilege
not given to any man. John 19:5
All his superficial acrobatics let him to a compromise.
He gave Jesus over to be crucified. Mt.27:24-26
At the end he was still claiming personal neutrality by
ritualistically washing his hands.
He said, “I’m innocent to this man’s blood.”
Yes, as a professional Roman officer, but not as
a representative of humanity.
We are all here, even if we never liked it.

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