tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357475346759651140.post6923629753632570612..comments2024-03-27T11:13:34.520-05:00Comments on The Dunamis Word: Turning To God In Times Of Crisis, He Is Our Only Help!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357475346759651140.post-25247896117750716052011-11-13T17:43:00.513-06:002011-11-13T17:43:00.513-06:00Now, atheists are just outraged because they took ...Now, atheists are just outraged because they took the time to pray. We know their cry..."Why pray to him, if he cared he wouldn't have let it happen if he existed"<br /><br />OK, the argument boils down to freewill my friend.<br /><br />Fortunately, almost with an exception for times like this, God allows man freewill. Man exercises that freewill sometimes to damage others. <br /><br />If God were to destroy freewill and stop this from having the potential to occur, he would also destroy human agency and free will in the process. <br /><br />The question is therefore: Is man's ability to have a choice greater than the lives that could be damaged by the exercise of choice?<br /><br />I happen to think that is an unbalanced question...man's choice does not necessarily demand that he chooses evil. Hence the problem with the premise. Man could chose to do good. If God destroyed freewill he would also destroy the potential good that man can do.<br /><br />Fact is this, if God were to stop all evil before evil got started, then all men, atheists first, would have to be stopped. (funny but true)District Supt. Harvey Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15315686602819371111noreply@blogger.com