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To: fish hawk
Don’t blame God for our shortcomings.

I don't.

But anyone with the power to replace evil with good should do so to the full extent of their capability.

34 posted on 08/22/2009 10:19:11 PM PDT by TheFourthMagi
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To: TheFourthMagi

You seem serious in your discussion. I would recommend that you talk directly to God about this in your own privacy.


37 posted on 08/22/2009 10:30:35 PM PDT by fish hawk (Lord, help us to attain knowledge and the wisdom to apply it toward your ultimate will.)
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To: TheFourthMagi

He is replacing evil with good - just not on YOUR timetable. And are you God? Were you there when He created the world, the universe, and everything in it? Read the book of Job for a good understanding of suffering, and of God.

Also, note this quotation from G.K. Chesterton, former Atheist who became a Christian:

For the Christian, joy is central and suffering is peripheral. For the nonbeliever, suffering is central and joy is peripheral.

Read also C.S. Lewis book, “Surprised by Joy”.

Another former nonbeliever turned Christian.

God bless you by the way and may He lead you into a relationship with the one true source of joy in the midst of suffering - namely Jesus Christ, His Son, who loves you so much that he came and SUFFERED shame, disgrace, rejection, ridicule, pain, and death for you so that you might have life eternal with Him in heaven where there is no pain and no suffering - forever.


43 posted on 08/23/2009 7:05:56 AM PDT by Freedom'sWorthIt (Obama's Deathcare ---- many will suffer and/or die unnecessarily.)
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