Rhetorical Challenges.

Seen either as immature or over confident, the reputation and long standing history of rhetorical challenges have done little to provide worth to it's continued existance. Nevertheless, we forget one aspect of it that redeems it's existance- the declaration of the surety of hope and the proclamation of victory to come. "The Lord is my light and salvation. Whom shall I fear?" You'll find that the darkness you speak into becomes suddenly empty, and no longer confusing or scary. When you step into it, it becomes bright- a ceremonious dawning of light not unlike a sunrise. And the surety of victory to come asserts itself as near. What comfort I may take in the presence of my God.

p.s. After watching the illusionist, Oscar Wilde comes to mind. Illusion is the first of all pleasures.