Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!know!sdd.hp.com!wuarchive!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: carsup@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Fisher Library support) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: An atheist's question Message-ID: Date: 29 Oct 90 06:59:20 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Uni. of Sydney, Australia. Lines: 31 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu Dear A.N.Atheist, Injustice in the world of the type you describe is terrible. God is *NOT* insensitive to this, and is in fact realy pissed off by the evil within us, but he also realy cares. Suffering within the world is caused by what we do and not by what God wants us to do. God chooses to allow us to do evil because he has given us free will. We have chosen on the whole to stuff up the person next to us and all our actions, although not as extreme as the one you describe, reflect this. It is not God that pulls the trigger and kills the children, it is our uncaring selves. God has shown us love in the sacrifice of his son Christ on our behalf. You may feel this is irrelevant or untrue, however there is no greater display of selflessness and self-sacrifice than Christ's death on the cross for us. This sacrifice was made so that it would be an example for us of what God's love is. We naturaly hate God because he is good and we are evil. You may not agree that we would all react in the same murderous way in the situation described, but you have not experienced the extent that we will go to when we feel threatened or in need. The sacrifice of Christ changes us so that we love our enemies and do good to those who would kill us. This is what free will is all about, is to be able to transcend our human natures through God who works in us . It was never God who pulled the trigger, but ourselves. Yours in CHRIST'S love matt. (only typed by james, and fisher library doesn't even know about it). /-\_/-\_/-\_/-\_/-\_/-\_/-\_/-\_/-\_/-\_/-\_/-\_/-\_/-\_/-\_/-\_/-\_/-\_/-\_/-\ \ / / yo' got it all wrong!. Muddy Waters invented electricity! - Crossroads \ \ / / / Jim Uther - Email 8841060@cs.su.OZ.AU - phone 5507277 \ \_/-\_/-\_/-\_/-\_/-\_/-\_/-\_/-\_/-\_/-\_/-\_/-\_/-\_/-\_/-\_/-\_/-\_/-\_/-\_/