tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728130891925769259.post2819099225464270686..comments2019-09-30T19:13:23.415+01:00Comments on Almighty Answers: The cruelty of God?BJChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12279037345790797023noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728130891925769259.post-17897608927492759152015-02-26T21:18:07.117+00:002015-02-26T21:18:07.117+00:00I recently read an interesting article on the BBC ...I recently read an interesting article on the BBC website with the title "Will religion ever disappear?" http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20141219-will-religion-ever-disappear <br /><br />It makes the point that the most atheistic countries in the world are those with a relatively high level of wealth and with strong social security systems. On the other hand, belief in God tends to flourish in countries with high levels of personal insecurity and suffering.<br /><br />Now one would think that if the reality of suffering is such a strong argument against the existence of God, why is it that the greater the suffering the more likelihood belief in God will prevail? And conversely, one would assume that people who are ostensibly so concerned about suffering would acknowledge that the existence of high levels of personal comfort and pleasure is evidence of the existence of God (after all, the argument works the other way).<br /><br />It really just goes to show that the atheists have no argument. They are simply exploiting the sufferings of others in order to promote their own ideology.Allistair Grahamhttps://aworldworthunderstanding.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728130891925769259.post-46846605176038874682009-12-03T19:23:21.268+00:002009-12-03T19:23:21.268+00:00I like the way it's put in a rather speculativ...I like the way it's put in a rather speculative life of Christ by TimeLife films called simply <em>Jesus</em>, made in the 1990s. In the temptation scene, Satan takes Jesus from the desert to a bombed house full of starving people in the former Yugoslavia, and asks why He doesn't turn the stones into bread to feed them. Jesus replies that the problem is that the people responsible for their condition have hearts made of stone. It's a very good pair of films.Frugal Dougalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07459572116047155640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728130891925769259.post-58989131868814793912009-12-03T03:28:25.933+00:002009-12-03T03:28:25.933+00:00The question that I always think of when faced wit...The question that I always think of when faced with why God lets people be bad is this: is forced goodness good? Is forced love really love at all?Catherine Luciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17081143686670195779noreply@blogger.com