Subject: Re: Music, religion, etc.
From: rev. bob pigeon (sid-vicious@mindspring.com)
Date: Fri Jan 14 2000 - 16:08:06 EST
>"God put it there" is only simple to you, Jim, because you were
>raised to believe in God and live in a culture that supports that
>belief. Robbie (I think) made a good point in saying that believing
>in an all-supreme being that existed before existence and created
>something out of nothing is not a simple solution at all unless it is
>already part of your world view.
"God put it there" is not perhaps simple in matters of acceptance, but if
accepted to be true then it is quite simple. Why do bad things happen to
good people? Because God works in mysterious ways. It's a very simple
answer, if accepted. It requires no deep thought, and there is no room for
fear or disillusionment because it is simply God's will. I don't think Jim
was saying that "God put it there" is easy to accept, but that it is a very
simple answer, a lot simpler than any scientific reasoning which would
involve some knowledge of physics and an acceptance of being entirely in
control of your own life. Unless God created physics, which complicates the
matter to no end.
(I also apologize because I have not read my mailbox in a few days, and I
fear as I go down and down the unread messages list a response very much
like mine will have already appeared and been discussed)
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