DON’T TELL
In Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (Bantam, 1975), Annie Dillard repeats an unforgettable story about an eskimo hunter who asked the village priest, “If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell?” “No,” said the priest, “not if you did not know.” “Then why,” asked the eskimo, “did you tell me?’ That story has troubled me ever since I first heard it. I think it troubles me because it reflects the common, but rarely admitted, feeling that knowing God has brought with it some things we don’t really want. In truth, I’m not sure we really want to find God at all, if God isn’t as we’d like him to be. Do we want to find God if finding him brings pain or sadness or giving up activities or possessions we cherish? I suspect we’d almost rather not know about him. I’m thankful that the scripture teaches that God searches for and finds us. We know him because…
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