Here is another new interview with Mr. Hurt.
http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-03-18/william-hurt-on-space-shuttle-drama-the-challenger-its-about-an-individual-versus-the-group
I've got to be honest. I don't like the use of the word "hiding" in this sentence: "even though he wasn’t hiding behind a notion of God that you’d find in the Bible,”
You cannot hide behind a notion of God found in the Bible. I know you've read the Bible, Mr. Hurt. I've read it too. There is nothing there to hide behind. The God of the Bible is not as simple as everyone makes Him out to be. You know that. You hate generalities so why are you being so general here? The God of the Bible is no simple Creator. God is very plain on the fact that you will never understand Him. We are Moses peeking through the crack in a cliff because to understand God and to see Him would be death to us. Scientists are just as simple in their notions of God and life as someone who goes to church each Sunday. They are more foolish in a way because they believe He would allow them to find Him under a microscope. They underestimate Him just as much as the uneducated believers that so many of them look down on. Believers like myself. And maybe that is one of the true pains of God: That while He understands us in such a fashion that his son can predict Peter's three denials He will never be understood in the way that He deserves. And isn't that one of the true desires we each have: to be understood? And weren't we made in His image?
And I hate that so many people say that the stories of the Bible are primitive. They act like the people in that book are mentally handicapped. They act like they never felt or thought about things when the truth of the matter is that they probably were better off than we are. We have far too many distractions for us to focus. Those people didn't. Reread Ecclesiastes. Was that man simple? The words he spoke of were pain and truth. The Bible and its people understood life; both its miseries and its joys. Those who say that they are primitive are failing to give those souls the respect and understanding that they deserve. It's offensive.
I am offended. I do not hide behind anything. I know God as much as any human can and I love Him and accept Him. He is harsh but His harshness is more kind than any human's. He is love. And love is never simple.
You linked to an article about the Holocaust. Remember that while that event made many people lose their faith it also made others hold tightly onto their own. They saw what was going on around them but they did not hide behind the notion of their God from the Bible. They embraced Him even when the life He had given them was about to be stolen and it gave them strength. I'm sorry if that's being too sentimental but it is the truth.
I'm sorry if this sounds like a sermon. You like seeing one better than hearing one but you're not exactly here right now and words are all I have. Please before you cast the first stone remember that there are quite a few people who may accuse you of giving a speech now and then too.
http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-03-18/william-hurt-on-space-shuttle-drama-the-challenger-its-about-an-individual-versus-the-group
I've got to be honest. I don't like the use of the word "hiding" in this sentence: "even though he wasn’t hiding behind a notion of God that you’d find in the Bible,”
You cannot hide behind a notion of God found in the Bible. I know you've read the Bible, Mr. Hurt. I've read it too. There is nothing there to hide behind. The God of the Bible is not as simple as everyone makes Him out to be. You know that. You hate generalities so why are you being so general here? The God of the Bible is no simple Creator. God is very plain on the fact that you will never understand Him. We are Moses peeking through the crack in a cliff because to understand God and to see Him would be death to us. Scientists are just as simple in their notions of God and life as someone who goes to church each Sunday. They are more foolish in a way because they believe He would allow them to find Him under a microscope. They underestimate Him just as much as the uneducated believers that so many of them look down on. Believers like myself. And maybe that is one of the true pains of God: That while He understands us in such a fashion that his son can predict Peter's three denials He will never be understood in the way that He deserves. And isn't that one of the true desires we each have: to be understood? And weren't we made in His image?
And I hate that so many people say that the stories of the Bible are primitive. They act like the people in that book are mentally handicapped. They act like they never felt or thought about things when the truth of the matter is that they probably were better off than we are. We have far too many distractions for us to focus. Those people didn't. Reread Ecclesiastes. Was that man simple? The words he spoke of were pain and truth. The Bible and its people understood life; both its miseries and its joys. Those who say that they are primitive are failing to give those souls the respect and understanding that they deserve. It's offensive.
I am offended. I do not hide behind anything. I know God as much as any human can and I love Him and accept Him. He is harsh but His harshness is more kind than any human's. He is love. And love is never simple.
You linked to an article about the Holocaust. Remember that while that event made many people lose their faith it also made others hold tightly onto their own. They saw what was going on around them but they did not hide behind the notion of their God from the Bible. They embraced Him even when the life He had given them was about to be stolen and it gave them strength. I'm sorry if that's being too sentimental but it is the truth.
I'm sorry if this sounds like a sermon. You like seeing one better than hearing one but you're not exactly here right now and words are all I have. Please before you cast the first stone remember that there are quite a few people who may accuse you of giving a speech now and then too.
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