Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Martin Luther King, Jr. God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing. ...
Joshua HoffmanUniversity of North Carolina at Greensboro;Blackwell Publishing LtdSouthern Journal of PhilosophyHoffman, J. (1979). Can God do evil. Southern Journal of Philosophy , 17 , 213–220, p. 216, paper.Hoffman, J. 1979. `Can God Do Evil?', Southern Journal of Philosophy, 17: 213...
“We should pass a law against bombings! …Oh, yeah, we already have one…” You cannot prevent evil people, bent upon evil, from doing evil. They will find a way to do it. What they want to do is illegal already, and the absurdity of passing a law against the crime only provides...
that is, Christ). We do not need anyone to teach us because we have the Spirit of Christ within us, the true living Word lives in each of us. In Christ, we are all His children, no one should be looked up to or revered
But because creatures have localized, physical bodies, they sometimes can prevent evil. A bodiless, universal spirit cannot do what embodied creatures sometimes can.Acting as God’s Hands and FeetDespite having no body, God is present and active in all situations. Divine power is direct ...
it was worse that I expected. Atheists are portrayed as evil beings who "hate god" and are determined to convert Christians. Actually, atheists do not "hate" god; god is simply something they don't believe exists. As to forcing their way of thinking on anyone, the movie has it backw...
Do you think it’s- Cameron Bertuzzi: I think it’s the biggest challenge to perfect being theism is the way that I would put it. Joe and I were talking about this in our interview is that… What is the real breadth of the problem of evil? Of all the different type...
Our ideas on this profound subject are the fruit of a long intellectual and moral evolution, and they are so far from being shared by the savage that he cannot even understand them when they are explained to him. Much of the controversy which has raged as to the religion of the lower ...
seed), but we cannot force them to believe or come to faith (that is God’s work). We may encourage parishioners to attend church (scattering seed), but we cannot compel them to come (that is God’s work). We are encouraged by this parable to do our part and trust God to do ...
who wants to go on making mud pies in a slumbecause he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. —C. S. Lewis,The Weight of Glory Little do many people understand: This deep sea of joy is made available to us as weobeyGod–another reality that makes som...