RE: Prayer?
August 11, 2012 at 9:22 pm
(This post was last modified: August 11, 2012 at 9:22 pm by Faith No More.)
Undeceived Wrote:The problem with debating "sufferings" is the assumed definition of what a suffering is. You pick massive human needs like starvation and poverty in an attempt to get me on common ground. The discussion would be more fruitful with terms like "earthly contentment" and "spiritual fulfillment." I hope I've made it clear that anybody, even a poor and hungry person, can be content on earth. And everyone can find spiritual fulfillment in Christ's death and resurrection.
Okay, let's play this game. How does someone slowly and painfully dying of cancer at a young age find "earthly contentment?" When a child is being raped, what is god doing for their "spiritual fulfillment?"
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