>He was speaking to the point of if this was a loving god, he'd at >least give us enough evidence of his existence.
Those of us that believe in God see *much* evidence for his existence. >But yet, he let 6 >million jews suffer at the hands of something he could have stopped >easily. Ah, the old, "why does God allow suffering" question. Quite simply, because he gave us the free will to do as we wish, to choose to follow him or not. We live in a world of sin and thus great evil. For God to step in and take control every time someone does evil would vastly change our ability to choose our own path. >Again, to the parent analogy, is there any point during parenthood >where you would remain hidden while a child of yours suffers? And you are also assuming here that God does not care about suffering or do anything about it. This simply is not true. First, we know that he is a God of justice, because not everyone will ultimately have salvation. Those that suffer in this world can have eternal salvation if they choose it, which is of far more important to God. And second, by having Jesus die on the cross, he showed that he was willing to take part in our suffering himself. He does not just stand ideally by as an uninterested observer. There's a lot more to it than that, but that's the basics of the theology on this question. --- Mary Jo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:306348 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
