Taq writes:
What I am doing is seeing if the world I see is consistent with the loving God described by the Bible.
The
*loving* God of the Bible can only really be understood through the lens of Jesus Christ. And Jesus can only be understood by comparing what words were attributed to Him with reality.
Taq writes:
What I see is a universe that is indistinguishable from one where God does not exist.
Thats partly because you see a lot of injustice and assume that God is morally culpable for fixing it or preventing it.
Taq writes:
Second, I am not talking about the actions of men. I am talking about suffering, such as the millions of children who die from malaria or cancer.
I think that Percy is talking more about the actions of men. (...) specifically, men who call themselves either devout Jews or Christians.
Taq writes:
...are there invisible entities that no one can perceive doing things that no one can perceive, and a deity that no one can perceive that is somehow stopping it all?
The Deity is not stopping anything. The Deity is allowing destiny to fulfill its course. Humans are responsible for resisting evil. One could argue that intrinsic evil is causing much of the world misery but evidence will show only that this evil originates from humans. As POGO said, "We have met the enemy and he is us."
Taq writes:
That's quite a winding road of a story you have there.
I'm sure the story has and will also have a few plot twists. One could argue that the story is being written with our broken thinking skills contributing to the narrative.
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