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Inexplicable is a Better Explanation Sometimes inexplicable is the best explanation. For the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview, I’m John Stonestreet with The Point. Listen Now | DownloadWhy are people, in the face of tragedy and evil, compelled to make sense of it? We know that haunting question of “Why?” rarely finds a satisfying answer. And we cringe at ideologically driven and opportunistic answers like those given on Friday by Brian Ross of ABC and Congressman Gohmert of Texas. The evil we witnessed in Friday’s shooting is ever — present in all societies and all times. The disorder we recognize in the action of James Holmes shows that we expect more from this world and the people in it. We might want to blame gun control or the lack of it; or secularism, or violent movies, or bullying. But as Alexander Solzhenitsyn said, evil is not “out there” — it’s in the human heart itself. The explanation for this evil or that one, is not nearly as instructive as that for evil itself. The brokenness of the world is actually the brokenness of ourselves. Come quickly Lord Jesus. For thePointRadio.org, I’m John Stonestreet.
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And you asked it yourself in your statement just previous:
"Why are people, in the face of tragedy and evil, compelled to make sense of it?"
If we never asked questions, if we never sought for answers, if the appearance of unmistakable evil didn't stop us in shock, we would never find the One with the Solution.