Thursday, October 16, 2008

Is God the real enemy?

The author of What If God Loses the Election by David Swanson is way out of line. I was astonished as I read the article and I still can not believe anyone would write something like that. Swanson makes the claim that every problem happening in the world is due to God and His plans to cause us pain, that that is His only purpose, all He sets out to do. And because everything is God's fault, the people of the world have nothing to do with any bad situation, war, hatred, prejudice, anything negative at all. I do not agree at all because I do not believe this to be God's fault at all. Swanson should not have even brought God up because he could not even properly back up his claim. He was just speaking as a liberal, obviously towards the liberal public, putting down the views of conservatives. Swanson had no evidence and his article was not credible at all. It was merely ideas in his head written down without much thought going into it at all. There is not much evidence one can produce, however, about God and the true meaning behind His actions. Swanson's accusation is one with no proof because he can not physically question God, nor can he just assume. God is a mysterious being whom not one person can truly say they know personally. God did not do this to our world, humans did. It was the people who decided to hate others who are different, who decided to make war, who decided to not get along, who caused all of the bad things. Those who believe in God go to Him in times of disaster, and even when everything is going right, for help and support. Why would we go to Him for help in times of crisis when He made it happen to harm us? That goes against everything about God and everything the Bible says. We would not go to a God for help if he was not a loving God. So basically, this article was a waste of time and space and should never have been printed in the first place. I am astonished at this article and am not sure how anyone could possibly see the logic in his writing.

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