tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33510674.post8954204715574358935..comments2023-04-18T05:21:16.934-04:00Comments on Live in it then! : God's will, my assNostalgic for the Pleistocenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04369449719832190810noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33510674.post-20688733918450221682010-06-08T16:31:35.741-04:002010-06-08T16:31:35.741-04:00Thanks to all of you - one of these days i really ...Thanks to all of you - one of these days i really will offend the heck out people but apparently not today!<br /><br />It's hard to have a real take on the why of suffering, since i think it's largely unknowable. I think that these Big Theological Questions come in 2 kinds: one is the kind where the answer is about what choices i make and how i live my life. The other is a kind of academic issue, the "how many angels on the head of a pin?" kind of thing that really doesn't pertain much to what i'm supposed to do - <br /><br />Or, to put it better, it's a question <i>the answer to which</i> does not change what i'm supposed to do in my life. This seems to me like one of those. Whatever suffering's purpose is, i really think one of the main purposes of life is to fight suffering and send it back to the hell it came from, and that works no matter what the answer to the "why" question is.Nostalgic for the Pleistocenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04369449719832190810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33510674.post-22283941776682241672010-06-07T06:56:12.296-04:002010-06-07T06:56:12.296-04:00The second question in the Baltimore Catechism, af...The second question in the Baltimore Catechism, after "Who made you?", was "Why did God make you?" The answer was "To show His goodness and to make me happy with him in heaven."<br /><br />I always thought the third question should have been, "To show WHO His goodness?" or maybe, "Is God really that insecure?"<br /><br />It's one thing to ascribe a big white beard to the Prime Mover. That's harmless enough, if admittedly sexist. But when you start ascribing human motivations to God, you really get out onto some theological thin ice.Mike Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00168145822905152686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33510674.post-13290479548435572452010-06-04T14:11:38.323-04:002010-06-04T14:11:38.323-04:00Do I hear someone say, "Tell it, sister!"...Do I hear someone say, "Tell it, sister!" Thank you, Ruth. You are right on the button. That is it. Now and forever.Ronniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15219173865544116724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33510674.post-53547048085383730592010-06-04T00:01:57.643-04:002010-06-04T00:01:57.643-04:00"...the one thing that must stand, that must ..."...the one thing that must stand, that must be there for me when there's nothing else, has to be the belief that God would never never raise His hand against me." <br /><br />Amen and Amen.<br /><br />Hugs,<br />CathCatherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17054198318242454049noreply@blogger.com