This past week in our God Questions series, we took a run at answering the question:
“If God loves the world so much then why is there so much pain in this world?”
Some people see our pain riddled world and give another solution:
Grace Fellowship of South Forsyth
Spreading the fame of God by making disciples of Jesus Christ.
Good ol’ XTC. Haven’t heard this song in a couple years.
Yeah this topic always makes me think of this song.
Here’s an interview with the writer, Andy Partridge.
Anyone besides the Leadership Team, Jeffrey, and Hugh want to address his reasoning?
What reasoning? Harry Potter makes a music video offering a liteny of questions to an imaginary christian sky fariy that has no resembelance to the God of the bible and that is what passes as reasoning? Talk about wanting a god created in his image. LUMOS!
This is just a variation on a theme. Atheists often challenge God to do something or to stop something or claim they “can’t” believe in Him because He does or doesn’t do certain things.
In other words unless God acts the way I want Him to, I refuse to believe in him. It’s more like the temper tantrum of a child than it is a logical argument.
It reminded me of this little story I’ve heard before though I don’t know where it originated:
Some years ago, an atheist was lecturing in a small town in New Mexico. He concluded his presentation with a challenge: “If there is a God, I dare him to strike me dead this instant.” When nothing happened, he triumphantly folded his arms and announced that God did not exist.
The following morning, an article titled simply, “The Parable of the Ants,” appeared in the local newspaper. It went somewhat like this. Two ants were crossing the desert when they came across two giant ribbons of steel spanning the countryside. Said one to the other, “What is this?” His friend replied, “This is a railroad track, and upon it runs a huge machine called a train. The train is dispatched by an operator in a distant city, who regulates its activity.” “Incredible!,” protested the little unbelieving ant, as he crawled upon one of the rails. “If there is such an operator, I challenge him to send a train down here right now and run me over!”