In one of a few posts which pondered the question, "Does God Have a Dark Side?", I made the mistake of leaving the most important observation until last. So right up front today, here's another take on it.
Category: The Meaning of Life
Thank You Lord
Oh Lord, thank you for being in my life. I thank you because you help me see which way is up. You help me understand what it is to be a man. You help me see truth. You set my feet on solid rock.
WHAT TO BET YOUR LIFE ON
Perhaps a majority of people have submitted their lives and their eternal destinies to the idea that we all evolved from nothing, via some sort of single-celled organism, then a fish, a lemur-like creature, and an ape-like animal which eventually learned to walk on two legs.
NOT GOD, NOT A JELLYFISH
Tucker Carlson, in a recent speech in Canada, said "When you realize you're not God you have hit upon the root of all wisdom".
GOD’S OWN END-GAME
The existence of God, despite the complaints of people like Sir David Attenborough who gave suffering as the reason for his own atheism, doesn't go away by invoking this problem. After all, God may be pernicious and unloving. He may be uncaring. He may be somewhere else and not able to help us yet. He may be using suffering for his own purposes.
Fuel for Faith, Food for Thought 