(May 3, 2010 at 12:13 pm)Watson Wrote: During my change from Atheism to Christianity, I began to notice things that confused me and startled me, that I could not explain from an atheistic, materialistic, or scientific viewpoint. Believe me, I did try to do so. I looked for refutation and explanation, and found none. Only when I applied God to the scenario did things begin to make sense.
I can't understand how things "make sense" to you when you apply "God" to the scenario. To me, it's just the opposite! When you take "God" out of the equation, things make perfect sense!
Why would a "loving, just and all-powerful" deity allow a child to suffer with cancer and die? It makes NO SENSE! But if you remove "God" from the scenario, it makes PERFECT SENSE! Children suffer with cancer and die because a certain percentage of children will die from all sorts of diseases.
Why would a "loving, just and all-powerful" deity allow an earthquake to devestate an area, killing thousands of people and leaving many more homeless? It makes NO SENSE! But if you take "God" out of the scenario, it makes PERFECT SENSE! Earthquakes happen because of the movement of tectonic plates, and these plates have been in motion since the continents were formed.
Why would a "loving, just and all-powerful" deity allow a child to be born with horrible birth defects? It makes NO SENSE! But if you take "God" out of the scenario, it makes PERFECT SENSE! Babies are born with horrible birth defects because a certain percentage of pregnancies will result in children being born with Down's Syndrome, spina bifida, cerbral palsy, etc.....
It is "God" that makes no sense in every case.
Science flies us to the moon and stars. Religion flies us into buildings.
God allowed 200,000 people to die in an earthquake. So what makes you think he cares about YOUR problems?
God allowed 200,000 people to die in an earthquake. So what makes you think he cares about YOUR problems?
