Here's a thought for our confusing times -- God is becoming all too handy as the fall guy. Take His/Her take on gays and disasters. We're always trying to read into Him/Her the blame for these. Not fair. If you believe in God, He/She doesn't need me for any defense. But let me try anyway...!
* People's hangup with homosexuality is neither inherent nor historical. Societies have been co-existing with homosexuality from the get-go. Some of our greatest heroes (Alexander the great, Michelangelo the brilliant, Nathan Lane the hysterical, Ellen DeGeneres the engaging, a few unnamed NFL stars) are pretty good examples. The big deal comes from a few tortured passages in books like the Bible and the Koran. God has never really confirmed these rumors!
* People's anger about disasters is understandable yet not especially rational. If you've lived past puberty, you've lived long enough to know bad things do indeed happen to good people. To suggest God is aiming thunderbolts at the victims is about as logical as suggesting parents enjoy gouging their children's eyes out!
Conclusion -- I leave it to the philosophers to do a proper job with these complex topics. For me, I'm of the mind that God has better things to do than curse any of His/Her children. Heck, He/She has Hell for that!
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I guess it's easy when you are going through a tragedy to ask "Why God?" but then I guess you have to try and remember free will and faith. These things are very difficult if you are suffering, but I choose to believe HE/SHE hasn't given up on us. It's called faith!
ReplyDeleteRight...! We all have doubts, but without doubt there would be no need for faith. No, I don't think HE/SHE has given up on us either
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