A ‘non-religious’ view of Dietrich Bonhoeffer -- #81

[April 1999 journal entry]

For me, it is incredible (i.e., not credible) to say “God is in control” (as is commonly/routinely asserted within the ‘religious’ sphere and is fundamental/essential to the T/O paradigm). To say “God is in control” is to imply –

1. that ‘God’ is the ultimate (source of) human suffering, or
   
   
2. that events/experiences of tragic human suffering are not truly (in fact) tragic, or
   
   
3. that the individuals who say “God is in control” have not truly seen (or are kept from truly seeing by T/O paradigm theology) the breadth/depth of human suffering.