(April 4, 2013 at 11:34 pm)Stimbo Wrote: This one, inevitably, read "Keep Calm And Trust God". As inherently trite and banal as it is, it might perhaps have seemed a mite more convincing, if not for it being sited next to a notice informing customers that "These premises are protected by CCTV" etc etc.
Any other examples of unwitting irony out there?
Hi Stimbo
I dont see that this is ironic.
Since when has faith ever meant a person is invulnerable to theft?
It doesnt mean that, and nor has anyone ever claimed it did. A religious person can be robbed just the same as anyone.
The common one you hear is criticism of the bullet-proof Pope Mobile, which was brought in after Pope John Paul II was shot 3 times in St Peters Square, by a KGB agent (early 1980s. He didnt die and later visited his attacker in prison, in order to talk with him and forgive him for what he did).
Taking steps to prevent a Pope from assisination is not ironic or hypocritical either: believing in God doesnt make you bullet-proof, or somehow invulnerable to conventional weaponry.
When Christians say "Trust in God" they do not mean "Trust God to look after your stuff, so it doesnt get nicked", but rather "trust that everything is happening for a reason / has some meaning".
While being a victim of a robbery is a bad thing, our personalities are the sum of all our experiences, good and bad. While no-one would disagree that good experiences are the best, its a fact that bad experiences have just as much to teach us and are just as important in forming our characters and making us who we are.
