… as the speaker began to talk more, Carson was drawn into his words, his message. Or maybe, Carson thought as the speaker pointed to the book he was referring to, maybe it wasn’t his message at all. Carson had never been a religious guy, one of his friends had made a joke about divine providence once and he had responded that his own providence was the only one that mattered, but something about the way this am spoke with such conviction, such assurance, made Carson pause.
Most of what he said sounded like absolute nonsense, and the man even said so himself. There was no way any of this actually happened, it was impossible. It denied all natural law and the very foundation of human nature. And if Carson didn’t believe in a god, he certainly believe in human nature. Human nature is, well, predictable. It’s reliable. You can always count on a super wealthy business leader to get there by dubious means. You can always trust your friend to let you down when you need him the most. The only way to live life, Carson often said, is to anticipate disappointment; to catch failure before it happens, to minimize expectations of others because sooner or later they would let you down.
But what if that wasn’t all life is? This speaker said there was someone who never fails, who always keeps his promises, who is true to his word.
Could that really be true?
This story was submitted as part of the King’s Study Phase of the Gen Z Role Models Project. Added April 2026.
“as the speaker began to talk more, Carson was drawn into his words” (S160) © 2026 by The Gen Z Role Models Project is licensed under CC BY 4.0
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