(April 5, 2017 at 9:12 am)SteveII Wrote: 9. Appreciates that suffering is part of faithfulness to Jesus.
This another one that bugs, because it's really just a way for Christians to cope with a mindless universe that has no concern for their well-being. I mean, we're talking about the supposed creator of everything, right? He could have designed the universe so that making toast got you closer to Jesus, but instead, he supposedly made suffering a holy thing.
Christian: I just lost my five year-old to cancer, and I'm struggling to get on with my life.
Jesus: Good...Good...
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
