Posted by MamaB on October 20, 2003, at 12:58:14
In reply to Re: please be supportive » stjames, posted by Dr. Bob on September 30, 2003, at 19:46:46
> > Then why did your god 1) allow the crucades to happen
> > 2) allow the church to castrate men (castratti) so
> > they could have high voices for the choir ?
>
> Please be supportive of religious faith when you post on this board, thanks.
>
> Bob
>
> PS: Follow-ups regarding posting policies, and complaints about posts, should be redirected to Psycho-Babble Administration; otherwise, they may be deleted.St. James,
Since Speed has been blocked I will answer your questions:
The things you mentioned ie the Crusades and castration, were not God's idea. Things such as that come about because we live in a fallen world filled with evil, and Mankind sometimes chooses to sin. Why doesn't God intervene? Rather than intervene God uses man's sinful choices usually to teach us and bring us closer to him. (Besides, if He intervened in every evil He would become a dictorial god which he is not.) After all, He did give mankind freewill and we can use that freewill for evil, or to serve Him.
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