tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196630391794341478.post6135894312366329973..comments2024-03-27T06:28:06.962-05:00Comments on Homeward Bound: Is God responsible for death?ChrisBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04611311820554248004noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196630391794341478.post-47822986460947489192007-08-07T08:45:00.000-05:002007-08-07T08:45:00.000-05:00This is the most difficult topic to discuss with p...This is the most difficult topic to discuss with people because, with a few exceptions, the people who bring this up are really hurting. I work in a hospital, and we are surrounded by things you never wanted to see. My coworkers struggle with this all the time, not to be smarmy but because it really can eat you up. Pediatric cases are the worst. <BR/><BR/>The more I read, though, the more I get the sense that if you have a big enough picture of God, the problem of evil will be bearable. So to innoculate Christians against this issue, I wonder if we should give them <I>The Problem of Pain</I> or <I>Knowing God</I>.ChrisBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04611311820554248004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196630391794341478.post-75359237092051039092007-08-06T23:21:00.000-05:002007-08-06T23:21:00.000-05:00As I read this post I kept thinking about "referen...As I read this post I kept thinking about "reference points". In our finite existence our reference point on these concepts, I would think, has to be so skewed as to be unreliable and worthless. For that reason when I hear anyone question God's sovereignty, and goodness, I have to begin questioning their definition of good. There is clearly so much more than we know or probably can know. I personally find it more comforting to think when people die, God knows it's going to happen;could stop it; and doesn't rather than he doesn't know, and can't stop it. This takes the "monkey" off of God's back for allowing bad things to happen sure, but it cast a shadow I think on the attributes of God. If my little girl drowns in the bathtub, God is still good. If he could have stopped it but didn't, he is still good. Who am I to question God's will without using myself as a reference point, i.e. it was terrible for "me" that my little girl should die so therefore it is bad, therefore if God could have stopped it and didn't, his goodness comes into question.<BR/><BR/>Great post, and one that does and has caused me some mighty struggles.Danny Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15006024707303951009noreply@blogger.com