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Originally Posted by mizpeh
I was responding to the part I highlighted in your post....." it just happens" as though perhaps God is on a vacation and doesn't know/doesn't care and isn't really the ruler of the nations (setting some up, putting some down). I took you to be saying storms just happen and God has nothing to do with them, likewise evil happens and God is not involved whatsoever or perhaps He turns a blind eye.
I believe God sends rain on the just and the unjust and sometimes sends famine on the unjust, or pestilence, or sword, as chastisement. I believe it because I find it in the Bible. I agree that God is on a higher moral plane than we are and is not an ill tempered beast. He is just and holy.
I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right. Isa 45:19
I quoted Nahum verbatim. I did not misquote him. If you're saying my understanding of that verse is incorrect, please tell me why you think that. |
Maybe we should move to another thread. PP wanted a vote on "best Reformer" and not a debate on theodicy. It's my fault to straying.