The Presence of God

So, we pick up the story of The Road in a post-apocalyptic world, somewhere in the burned United States. And just as the story begins, we already see a very interesting paradox :

''If he is not the word of God God never spoke.'' (pg. 5)

The boy here realizes that if his father is not what God said and taught, then God had never spoken his teachings ever before in history. We see here how the father is a man that resembles what Christians call the ''presence of God'', according to what the son tells us.

''The presence of God'', is what ALL Christians are supposed to be. Or else, then their is no point in going to Church, celebrating Christmas, or praying at night. This obviously makes sense, in any religion. If the members of the institution don't practice what they believe, then it has no meaning to their lives. And the boy probably doesn't know of a better example of his father. Maybe his father is a great example, well have to find out.

In times of despair and troubles, it is probably the moments when God is mostly with us, and this is seen in The Road. Their love is what keeps them together, in a situation as rough as this one.