Posted by terra miller on June 8, 2002, at 23:08:58
In reply to God only gives us as much as we can take...., posted by beardedlady on June 5, 2002, at 13:44:10
1) i think many people who say this have not stopped to think out if this is logical or not.
2) i do not believe that God "gives" us bad things. Bad things happen because we are in a flawed world and flawed people make flawed choices, some of which are just plain evil.
3) i think a more accurate way of phrasing would be that we have no idea what God is preventing from happening (reference Job) and how things could be worse.
4) pain happens whether we believe in God or not. and some people's ways of making sense of pain is to say that phrase you mentioned. it doesn't mean it's accurate. but i do honor any relief it might give someone. when someone's in pain, i'd rather they find relief than point out a flaw in their thinking. relief is more important than being right. it's called grace... oh, well, that brings us around to the original discussion now doesn't it? :-)
~terra
poster:terra miller
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