I wonder if modern society faces a problem of collective omniscience. If I don’t know the answer to a question, somebody online probably does, and they’ve probably written about it. I can read their answer. In this world where so many questions are answered, it is almost as if man himself has become the omniscient one, and it is hard to believe in a God whose answers do not come so readily. In many ways, it seems unnecessary to believe. This problem is compounded by the ease with which criticisms of any faith are accessed and digested. How can man be expected to believe in a faith that neither has clear answers about human existence nor a clean history and consistent doctrine? The internet is cleaner and more understandable than a supernatural God; it is less reproachable because it stands for nothing which might make of it a hypocrite. Through this genius means of communication, mankind himself has provided and will provide the answers that a God in heaven is unable, unwilling, or uncaring enough to give.
And so we have a creature who, for the strength of his own intelligence, will not look to God. I don't blame him, but I do not want to be him. I would be an Alyosha, and not an Ivan.
