God Is Not Nice, Pp. Francis

"God Is Not Nice" is the title of a short book (Ave Maria Press) written by a Marquette U professor, Ulrich Lehner.

The book has a number of interesting nuggets, one of them being this:

It is telling of our society that we have even turned God into a sentimentalist.  In fact, many of our children learn from the first hour of Sunday school that God wants everybody to be happy.  Some parents might object that a different image of God would terrify their children.  I don't think so--and I am speaking with the experience of parenting five kids.  Children have a natural sense of justice and of true joy.  They understand that it would be bad if everyone were granted happiness in her own right, so that everyone can enjoy herself.  ..........C.S. Lewis has summed it up like this:  "We want in fact, not so much a Father in heaven as a grandfather in heaven--a senile benevolence," who lets us have a good time.

(I'll let that 'senile' thing pass.  It IS C.S. Lewis, after all...)

That "Nice God" thing is exactly what Pp. Francis wants us to believe.  It won't end well.