A goof on Fox News. Merry War on Christmas, folks!
Posted in A Cacophony of Posts | 1 Comment »Laura M made an interesting comment on Siamang’s Stephen Matheson post a couple of days ago. She said,
As far as finding his points about the problem of evil interesting, I wholly disagree. It’s same old -same old, near as I can tell. I would love to hear something new or interesting about ‘the problem of evil’.
Heck, I’d probably convert to Christianity if any Christians had anything to offer to explain why a loving father who builds an amazing garden and an awesome kingdom for his children then chooses to allow over half of his children to be born live out their lives and then die down in the dungeon. A steaming hot, bone dry living hell that is teaming with disease, little food, and no clean water.
To which I responded with this quote that my wife had found:
Past the seeker as he prayed came the crippled and the begger and the beaten. And seeing them, he cried, “Great God, how is it that a loving creator can see such things & yet do nothing about them? God said, “I did do something, I made you.”My pesonal opinion is that God does *not* approve of the injustice you speak of. This is a fairly new mindset for me - I used to think until recently that each person had “a lot in life,” and you could either go through it with God or without him. But if you have a lesser lot than me, that’s God’s perogative.
I guess I still think that at some level, but I think there’s a reason people like you and I are blessed as much as we are. I think it’s God’s intent (whether you believe in him or not, if he exists I think this is his intent) for humanity to experience the same compassion he does - and how can that happen if we have nobody upon whom to pour that love?
I don’t think god wants them to suffer - I think he wants people with plenty to help the people in need. But people don’t.
But since I’m looking at it from a Christian perspective, my answer - or any answer from a Christian perspective - is likely “same old same old” from your perspective.
So let’s turn it around … for those of you who don’t believe in God, let’s say for the sake of discussion that he does exist. If he existed, how would God handle this problem? Or could it be avoided altogether?
Posted in A Cacophony of Posts, Mike O | 14 Comments »What a great exchange we’ve been having on the NOVA: Judgement Day thread! I’ve really enjoyed it and have really learned a lot about the science of evolution.
I’m just glad we didn’t learn the art of argument from Monty Python …
HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!
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