You can say "Be'Emeth" בֶּאֱמֶת? For "Really? Seriously?", and it literally means "in (the) truth". The issue of truth is what should bother many when they argue against God, it would need tremendous courage and "faith" to consider moral, justice and love as purely brain chemistry, to waver the possibility of an entity which sets all in order and give that same sense & urgency in us.
Many have read the "unresolved" story of Jonah יונה as a symbolic warning so that the dove (yes, same word, יונה) symbolizing God's people, born out of אמתי "Amittai" (faithfulness) won't miss the mark and fail the task, fail to notice God's work as it happens and as mercy falls to those seemingly undeserving in front of our very eyes.
I've been raised around the premises that God's important characteristic is חסד ואמת "Khesed V'Emeth" (Mercy and Truth / Righteousness). "Ammitai" (sincerity) alone just won't do. We can be sincere & wrong at the same time. We need open hearts to contain God's חסד "Khesed" (mercy) and open minds to God's wisdom and presence in others.
The same question is asked in our faith practices & spiritual services. Are we enriching & facilitating one another rather than cultivating discriminative & elitist cultures? Are we really & genuinely following the footsteps of ישוע The Word incarnate, being one with the lowest in their struggles, identifying with their concerns and thus lifting them to shared divinity? How do we share Christ with the ones with less voice nor influences, the small and weak? It's time to pose a loving question to the pulpits, stages, heavy symbolism & primordialism, "Be'Emeth" בֶּאֱמֶת?
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