If God exists according to every religion I can find God is defined as the "originator of all creation".
In the vaguely Christian theology that runs in the back ground with me and many others, he createed all from nothing.
So there can be no argument if you believe in creation that God is ultimately responsible for satan, cancer, nuclear weapons, Jermey Beadle, the recent firestorms etc.
CLEARLY this does not square with the idea of a "loving god" but, please consider this simple fact. If we are indeed living in a creation then we are trying to undertsand the mind and plans of God who can create all.
You have no chance of doing that! I don't care, HOW clever you are, or how big your hat and robes are, it ain't going to happen. It's worse than expecting a cat to learn how to solder!
So please don't expect Desmond or any other Christian to have all the answers as to why god made this the way he did.
But it must be painfully obvious to even the dmmiest of us, that there is a fundamental difference between Good and Evil acts, & Truth and Falsehood. Choose wisely.
If God exists according to every religion I can find God is defined as the "originator of all creation".
In the vaguely Christian theology that runs in the back ground with me and many others, he createed all from nothing.
So there can be no argument if you believe in creation that God is ultimately responsible for satan, cancer, nuclear weapons, Jermey Beadle, the recent firestorms etc.
CLEARLY this does not square with the idea of a "loving god" but, please consider this simple fact. If we are indeed living in a creation then we are trying to undertsand the mind and plans of God who can create all.
You have no chance of doing that! I don't care, HOW clever you are, or how big your hat and robes are, it ain't going to happen. It's worse than expecting a cat to learn how to solder!
So please don't expect Desmond or any other Christian to have all the answers as to why god made this the way he did.
But it must be painfully obvious to even the dmmiest of us, that there is a fundamental difference between Good and Evil acts, & Truth and Falsehood. Choose wisely.
But, this didn't seem to be a "god moves in mysterious ways, who are we to fathom the mind of god, post".
What bothered me about it was that it seems to be the exact opposite!
Please, please, please prove me wrong about this, because I'm feeling quite down about the existence of this post in ways that no other post on this forum in my relatively short time here has ever done before.
I think it did the exact opposite because it purported to state the reasons why (which I thought was a big no-no - "judge lest not ye be judged") - divorce, stability and, er..., market research.
I will happily be proved wrong about this. I may have misread it entirely.
It all stems from School. Intelligent Kids aren't allowed to shine; as the other kids 'have to catch up'. Then, when children get older, cliques and niches form. Divide and conquer rules the roost. And, now, we have an entire generation of Young Men who seek vengeance on our society.
'Cater to the Greater' is not the recipe for a healthy, cohesive society. Which is why Democracy is pointless. In fact, the least corrupt mode of governance is an Absolute Monarchy.
The Salesmen of the World, USA, sold us Lemons; for as long as they could. Now, we are no longer capable of making Lemonade out of it.
