6th August - The very day an atomic bomb was used to kill
innocent people for the very first time in human history was also the Feast Day
of Transfiguration of the Lord on Mt. Tabor.
Ironically, the blast of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima as so bright, beyond
human comprehension by any measures. Thus, this fact tempts some people to
compare it to the bright light of the Transfiguration of the Lord.
As the faithful, we must be careful not to myopically and uncritically put a
blast of atomic bomb explosion in comparison to the bright light of the
Transfiguration, because these are quite opposite in essence but present very
similar outlooks to human senses. As Descartes pointed out in his “Meditation”,
senses can be quite deceptive. Our
sensory-cognitive view is not free from bias and often leads to what psychologists
(i.e. Von Hippel and Trivers) call self-deception. In other words, by simply
comparing the atomic bomb blast of Hiroshima to the bright light of the
Transfiguration, we can be inadvertently fooling ourselves about light.
Not to commit stupidity of self-deception, we must carefully examine what
we come to know through our senses. This critical thinking is certainly require
in thinking the Hiroshima atomic bomb blast or any atomic bomb blast in
comparison to the bright light of the Transfiguration.
Essentially, the atomic blast light in Hiroshima was a light of man-made
hell, while the bright light of the Transfiguration was divine light to show
God’s joy and delight.
The atomic light symbolizes death, but the light of the Transfiguration
reflects a joy of God over the union of the divinity and the humanity through
the presence of the Son, Jesus.
Jesus, the Son, in his transfiguration light, has been sent to this world
in the God the Father’s grand salvific plan, which will complete with
Revelation 22. However, a sun-mimicking artificial nuclear light of an atomic
blast was to bring death in a grand scale. Therefore, the former is divine,
while the latter is devil. A blast light of an atomic bomb also symbolizes a
hell brought by devil through the cooperation of humans, whose soul is tainted
by him, because the devil’s mission is destruction and death.
How ironic it is that devil mimics his work of death and destruction to God’s
saving act by making an atomic bomb blast bright enough to evoke the divine
light of the Transfiguration in some fool’s minds.
Besides he has polluted many people’s logical minds to justify the use of
atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki as “moral good”, devil sure has made a hell-making
bomb’s blast light bright enough to fool some human minds to associate with the
divine light of the Transfiguration.
Given how devil has been cleverly attacking both our logical aspect and
sensory aspects of our mind, as we know from an example of our belief and
perception of an atomic bomb, we must defend our mind – both our logical and
sensory parts from very deceptive challenges by devil and his collaborators. Otherwise, we may be heading into a destruction
of our entire world - no comparison to
the atomic bombing destructions of
Hiroshima and Nagasaki 70 years ago, in the name of “god”.
To prevent this, we must engage in disciplining our mind, both
psychologically and spiritually, so that we know hidden traps in our
sensory-cognitive experience, namely, biases, and avoid the stupidity of
self-deception. For this, we must strive
for humility, constantly seeking grace of God and the guidance of the Holy Spirit,
which is parakletos, guiding advocate
that comes to be on our side. With our confidence in grace and the Holy Spirit,
we can prevent our mind to go off the tangent and slip into the devil’s work.
As he is light of God, which can be as bright as the light of the
Transfiguration, we are called by Christ to shed is light of the same essence
to give life, hope, courage, and joy to this world, on his behalf - while fighting against
devil’s constant attacks, which often starts with deceptions. We must know which light we are casting - light of God or light of devil.
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