Possible hot take — meaning you might not love this idea:
The United Nations estimates that more than 10,000 children die from hunger and related causes every day.
A damn tragedy beyond comprehension.
Knowing this…
Saying grace at mealtime — thanking God for your dinner — and thus implying that God is looking out for your nutritional needs — while thousands of people — including children — are starving and likely dying between bites strikes me as…
Myopic?
Self-centered?
Thoughtless?
Ridiculous?
I’m not suggesting that the act of saying grace does any harm. Children don’t starve because people thank God for their food while others have none, but the logic behind this particular expression of gratitude escapes me.
Crediting God — at least in part — for your meal seemingly acknowledges that God also has a role in the starvation of others around the world.
Right?
