Vox Day’s lead post today discussed the rise in Boomer Rage and its potential causes. (https://voxday.net/2025/10/08/rage-against-the-mortality/). As the title suggests, mortality is an unavoidable marker, and when people approach the end of their lives, they often become less relevant to the larger population, particularly in our current youth-obsessed culture. When that happens, you have only two options: Rail against the dying light, which is the lot of atheists and those who religion has failed them. Or you have turned to Jesus Christ as both Savior and Lord and have an assurance of your eternal purpose in the mind of God. Every other religious or philosophical approach left to all of us dumps your eternal future in your lap. You must save, perfect yourself, and despite everything you have told yourself over the preceding years, you are coming to realize you can’t do it. Nothing you possess can be used to bargain with God, however you define that ultimate ground of being. You come face-to-face with the fact that you are irretrievably lost.
That would seem to be the perfect scenario for a fundamental re-evaluation of your beliefs and a sincere turning to Jesus Christ, the only available solution. But few take that route. Most double down in rage, unable to give up their chosen path and, like the narcissists they’ve become, are unwilling to admit failure and instead blame everything and everyone else for their predicament.
In Revelation 3:20, Jesus tells us, “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.” So simple, just open the door of your heart and let him in, but that is a bridge too far for so many, which is beyond sad. There is an apt aphorism that applies here: “Cut off your nose to spite your face.” This powerful yet self-defeating behavior is driven by deep-rooted pride, which responds with stubbornness and anger. The inability, some would say humility, to admit such a fundamental failure of life’s direction and purpose is patently suicidal. It is a final act of revenge against the truth you previously rejected and a continued assertion of self-reliance and significance.that you refuse to abandon.
As a Boomer myself, I’ve observed this dynamic unfold among my peers. I have chosen the path of Jesus Christ, but when I look at my generation, I realize that I can only bear witness to the truth. My understanding of the Boomer problem is made clear on the home page of this blog, where I say, “The heart is not changed by argument, wishing, demands, bribes, or coercion, only by the heart itself or by God’s singular intervention. That is why you cannot make a woman love you (her choice) or save yourself or anyone else (God’s choice).” We can witness to and pray for those whom we know who are in this self-defeating trap, but it is not our choice; it’s theirs.
I implore you, if you are reading this post, to honestly look at the options before you. Realize the only hope is to accept the offer, open the door, and admit you cannot save yourself. You have no bargaining chips. You need TO BE SAVED, and Jesus Christ is the only option, the only one to pay your debt and offer you redemption by his finished work on the cross. Just take Pascal’s wager. He made a pragmatic argument suggesting that one should believe in God and accept Christ’s sacrifice because the potential reward (infinite happiness in salvation) is infinitely greater than the potential loss (finite losses in life), while the risk of non-belief leads to infinite suffering if God’s offer is rejected. This makes belief the rational choice, regardless of the actual probability of God’s existence and the actuality of Jesus Christ’s redemptive action.
OPEN THE DOOR!
