Page 4-The Perquimans Weekly, Hertford, N.C., Thursday, March 20, 1975
World Events And The
Bible
People In The News
Most people are very
much concerned about what
affects their lives and that of
their families right now. But
few are willing to speak or to
, think extendedly about
death. ' -
True, death is not a bright
prospect, but is has a
definite effect on one's daily
life. Who of us has not
experienced the grief and
deep sense of loss over the
death of a dear friend or
beloved relative? A death in
; a family can change the
family's entire pattern of
life, destroy a stable income
and cause loneliness or
depression for the
survivors.
Unpleasant though it may
be, death is a daily
occurrence with which you
must reckon. You cannot
prolong certain actions
indefinitely. Tomorrow may
be too late.
, How . has this affected
you? Do you at times feel
pressured by the shortness
of life to try desperately to
get all that you can out of it?
; Or, do you take the fatalistic
view, concluding that, well,
what will be will be?
THE FATALISTIC VIEW
Many people today
believe that life and death
are governed by fate. This is
a basic concept of more than
477 million Hindus. In fact,
fatalistic views are
practically universal. Have
you not heard people say, 'It
just had to happen,' 'His
time was up,' or, 'He
escaped because his number
wasn't up'? Such statements
are frequently made in
. connection with accidents.
Are they true? Consider an
example:
. During a demonstration
flight at the Paris Air Show
, in 1973 the Soviet Union's
supersonic airline TU-144
exploded, killing its crew.
Large sections of the
aircraft hurled down upon
the village of Goussanville,
France. One woman there
had Just shut the bedroom
door behind her when a part
of the wreckage came
smashing through the
outside wall, completely
demolishing the bedroom.
She was unharmed.
Other did not escape. The
victims included an elderly
woman's three
grandchildren, but not the
grandmother.
Did those children and
others die because their
"number" or their "time".
was up? Were others spared
because fate was not due to
claim them until later?
Those answering "Yes" to
these questions believe that
nothing anyone might do
can prevent a person's
death if his "time is up."
They feel that, despite, any
precaution taken, they
simply cannot escape what
fate dictates. This is a view
similar to that of the ancient
Greeks who considered
man's destiny to be
controlled by three
goddesses Clotho,
Lachesis and Atropos.
Clotho supposedly spun the
thread, of life, Lachesis
determined its length and
Atropos cut if off when the
time was up.
Is such a fatalistic outlook
reasonable? Ask yourself:
Why do the number of
accidental deaths decrease
when safety regulations are
obeyed and increase when
they are disregarded? Why
can the majority of traffic
deaths be demonstrated to
result from human
carelessness, drunkenness,
error or lawlessness?
Viewed aright, death can
teach us something
valuable. When death
claims victims, we can
benefit from thoughtful
contemplation about the
way we are living our own
lives. Some three thousand
years ago a careful observer
of humanity highlighted
this, saying: "A name is
better than good oil, and the
day of death than the day of
one's being born. Better is it
to go to the house of
mourning than to go to the
banquet house, because that
is the end of all mankind;
and the one alive should
take it to his heart... The
heart of the stupid ones is
the house of rejoicing."
Eccl. 7:14.
Not at birth, but during
the full course of our life,
does our "name" take on
real meaning, identifying us
as to what kind of persons we
are. The person whose heart
is, as it were, in a "house of
mourning" is one who gives
heartfelt consideration to
the way he is living his life,
regardless of how short it
may be. He treats it as
something precious. He does
not reflect the shallow,
recklessspirit characteristic
of a place :of revelry.
Rather, he exerts himself to
lead a meaningful,
purposeful life and thereby
contributes to the happiness
and welfare of fellowmen.
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