An interest in Darkness.

Romans 7: 14-20

14 We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin. 15 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. 16 And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. 17 As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. 18 For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature.[c] For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. 19 For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. 20 Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.

This is one of my favorite passages of scripture because it is so true to how I feel most of the time.
I think that this passage explains humans’ physiological interest in darkness. I remember a while ago in this class someone gave their thoughts on the subject of darkness. I don’t remember who it was but it was something like, “ We’ve been taught to play in the light our whole life, so we begin to become curious about what’s in the darkness”

Perhaps in a world of light, darkness speaks louder than light. I guess the same thing is true though with light. In a world of darkness, light speaks louder than darkness. It is very similar to the concept in “The Gospel Is…”, where silence speaks louder than words.