2007 nov 21
re: "antiochus epiphanes and renegade jews" (1 mac 1:10-15)
v11 "in those days certain renegades came out from isarel and misled many, saying, 'let us go and make a covenant with the gentiles around us, for since we separated from them many disasters have come upon us.'"
comment:
i remember the late SVD exegete fr. herman mueller telling us about the fallacy of "post hoc - propter hoc". this means "after this" - "because of this". this is concluding from the sequence of events to causation of the said events.
when i arrived here in dubai, something bad happened to the person who fetched me at the airport. months after, one of the people we were staying with just commented out of the blue that my coming was "bad luck." i kept quiet, knowing there is no point in arguing if they have that bias. then one day, i prayed over her husband who was vomiting for 3 days already and he got well right after the prayer. in my mind, i thought, i hope the event taught us all that FAITH in god is the foundation of our lives -- bad "luck" or otherwise -- and in him only should be trust and not in superstitious beliefs.
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