Considering answers to those faith-questions we all ask…
Tag: Christian Apologetics
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.
I made the mistake the other day of tuning in, briefly, to NPR "news". It really isn't news, it's opinion dressed as news. Within thirty seconds of listening, which is the time it normally takes for me to detect propaganda on NPR news, I was hearing support for Hamas funded by the tax payer, and how the brave "freedom fighters" will "regain their homeland" eventually.
We're all familiar with reports of war from Ukraine and Gaza. War between nations and people groups is as old as human nature, unfortunately. This is the most visible form of war, but not the only one, by far.
I've heard, and perhaps you have, well-meaning Christians, having been given a little praise or encouragement, claiming humility, saying, "It's all God". They're wrong: it isn't "all God".
What will people be like in heaven? Will they be as they are now, except with wings? Not everyone gets along with everyone else here, so if there's not some sort of change in the transition from here to there heaven will be like our world is now: fractured, tense, decidedly unfriendly in places, and with a drastic imbalance of fortunes.
Fuel for Faith, Food for Thought 