an unexpected Visitor
...a few days ago. The man seemed bewildered and went into a deep train of taught. The first question was shot at me, he asked if I believed it. Here goes I taught to myself. I responded that I took the book lightly but I enjoyed the controversy very much. The American assumed I was a Catholic and introduced himself as Robert Jennkins. He jumped into a conversation about how not everything the book stated was true and that only the people who lacked faith would believe that all of it was. I felt like I was on trail but things toned down when he asked what I think makes a good person. I did not want to sound too religious because I was not and yet I did not want him to think I was a bad person because I was not. I answered that if you do good to yourself and to others it makes you a good person. The man accepted my answer and told me he was in Paris at a religious conference and if I minded if he asked a few questions on what he had learnt. My heart dropped but there was nothing to be done I was not going to be rude. He started the conversation by asking how many times I went to mass my answer was so shocking that he realized I was one of weak faith and asked why I doubted God. I taught I knew the perfect answer, I said sharply that if God loved us all equal why does he makes some suffer more than others and makes some people rich and others poor. How could he choose who to call from this world and why he makes people happier than others. I taught that the man would have been shocked with my argument but on the contrary his half smile and his relaxed posture sent a different message. He answered in quoting my words doing good makes one a good person, and adding, how would I know what good was if all that existed was good. I taught for a second but before I could reply h...