{"id":43903,"date":"2017-03-04T15:22:58","date_gmt":"2017-03-04T13:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/site\/?p=43903"},"modified":"2017-03-23T11:08:10","modified_gmt":"2017-03-23T09:08:10","slug":"%d8%b9%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ad%d9%8a%d8%a7%d8%a9-162-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%86%d8%b3%d9%8a%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%af%d9%85%d8%b1-432017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/%d8%b9%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ad%d9%8a%d8%a7%d8%a9-162-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%86%d8%b3%d9%8a%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%af%d9%85%d8%b1-432017\/","title":{"rendered":"On Life 162 \u2013 Destructive Forgetfulness \u2013 March 4, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00a0 \u00a0In the previous article, we tackled how some people forget the good offered to them, and how this makes man\u2019s heart grow cruel and merciless! On the other hand, remembering the good offered by others implants love and fraternity among human beings. Also, we said that man should not forget those who toiled for him, and that such remembrance brings about more good to a person. Here, I recall an incident that happened with Winston Churchill, the son of Randolph Churchill who was a member of the British Parliament when the former was a young man. He was about to die in accident, had it not been for a farmer who saved him. Randolph never forgot the farmer\u2019s toil and good deed. He decided to offer his son an education. This son was Alexander Fleming who became a great physician. The result of this remembrance was Fleming\u2019s success in inventing penicillin which saved the son\u2019s life for a second time when he got pneumonia. So, a question pops into one\u2019s head, \u201cWhat if Randolph had ignored the farmer\u2019s good deed?\u201d<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Yet, the worst forgetfulness in man\u2019s life is that of God. Many times, people try to forget God, believing that this frees them from His burden. Such forgetfulness is destructive. What could happen to those who forget God? What is the impact of this on their lives?<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Forgetting God makes man hard-hearted. It takes mercy off from it, as it starts with forgetting God\u2019s commandment: love, mercy, and justice, thus, neglecting its application, even if one accepts it on the human level. Gradually, man\u2019s nature changes according to world\u2019s concepts that make money and power the sources of strength in life. In effect, the person\u2019s view of people and situations changes. Also, when one forgets God, he starts seeking his rights through his own personal strength, depending on his self and knowledge, thus, down-treading the others mercilessly.<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Probably, there are some people who are humane enough to help everybody. Yet, they do not know God. Even more, they deny His existence! Indeed, you might find such people. Yet, allow me to ask, \u201cWhat is the source of goodness in humans\u2019 life? Is it the universe? Or is man good by nature?\u201d If this were true, all humans are good doers. Yet, what makes the difference? Why does evil exist? Here it is worthy to recall Einstein\u2019s words to his master, \u201cEvil is the outcome of what happens when man doesn\u2019t have God\u2019s love in his heart,\u201d that is, when he tries to forget God\u2019s existence.<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0God is the source of goodness in life. Whoever tries to do good without God does limited human deeds which collapse fast: never to outstand the obstacles of human evil. Only God can make man cling to good, granting him strength and saving him, no matter how much evil exists.<\/span><\/h2>\n

General Bishop<\/span><\/h2>\n

Head of the Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center<\/span><\/h2>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0In the previous article, we tackled how some people forget the good offered to them, and how this makes man\u2019s heart grow cruel and merciless! On the other hand, remembering the good offered by others implants love and fraternity among human beings. Also, we said that man should not forget those who toiled for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":10623,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[7963,6804,6385,240,7753,1007],"class_list":["post-43903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","tag-destructive-forgetfulness","tag-on-life","tag-youm7","tag---2","tag-7753","tag-1007"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43903"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43903"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44636,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43903\/revisions\/44636"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}