sábado, 15 de enero de 2011

In a World of Uncertainty only Doubt is Warranted

I doubt magic, I doubt fairies, I doubt dragons, I doubt warlocks. I doubt the media, I doubt reporters, I doubt progress, I even doubt Human Rights. I doubt economics, I doubt free market, I doubt science, I doubt Einstein, I doubt socialism, I doubt the State, I doubt liberalism, I even doubt social conservatism. I doubt Bush, I doubt Obama, I doubt New York, I doubt Berlin, I doubt Paris, I doubt Beijing, I doubt philosophy, I doubt Kant, I doubt materialism, and I even doubt family.

Of the many things that I seem to doubt, of all this world filled with uncertainties, only one thing, and one thing only seems uncontroversially true for me, and it is this:

I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, the maker of heaven and earth, of things visible and invisible.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the begotten of God the Father, the Only-begotten, that is of the essence of the Father.
God of God, Light of Light, true God of true God, begotten and not made; of the very same nature of the Father, by Whom all things came into being, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible.
Who for us humanity and for our salvation came down from heaven, was incarnate, was made human, was born perfectly of the holy virgin Mary by the Holy Spirit.
By whom He took body, soul, and mind, and everything that is in man, truly and not in semblance.
He suffered, was crucified, was buried, rose again on the third day, ascended into heaven with the same body, and sat at the right hand of the Father.
He is to come with the same body and with the glory of the Father, to judge the living and the dead; of His kingdom there is no end.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, in the uncreated and the perfect; Who spoke through the Law, prophets, and Gospels; Who came down upon the Jordan, preached through the apostles, and lived in the saints.
I believe also in only One, Universal, Apostolic, and Holy Church; in one baptism in repentance, for the remission, and forgiveness of sins; and in the resurrection of the dead, in the everlasting judgment of souls and bodies, and the Kingdom of Heaven and in the everlasting life. Amen
This I don't doubt, and it seems the only thing worthy of not doubting in this life, for the rest is opinion and uncertainty, not worthy of giving credit or paying too much heed.
There is something else that I don't doubt. I don't doubt history, and I don't doubt the existence of evil.

No hay comentarios: