Rambling is Good for the Soul

The Phantom of Manhattan

So – at some point, my mom handed me The Phantom of Manhattan on tape. It was an interesting new ending by Frederick Forsyth. I never would have read it if it wasn’t on tape because I have plenty of other books to read in real life, but the taped ones are a bit fewer on the shelves. One of the best parts was that it was read by different people – more of a readers theater version. And I did appreciate most of Forsyth’s theology. He had a priest talk to God with one of the main conversations being about humanity – and why life isn’t better. One of the best lines was God saying, “If humans were perfect, it would be a featureless bliss.” This is an image that I’d like to keep around for those times when having theological conversations with people who would like there to be no pain or anger or hurt or death. Yes, there is sadness and pain but also ecstatic joy. And we couldn’t have the happiness in the featureless bliss, either. And that would be tragic (and we would never know)…