tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392276397477014575.post8906181526375992282..comments2023-07-13T06:34:31.965-05:00Comments on Fear and Trembling: Bad Things and Good PeopleJ. K. Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02329537522697826005noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392276397477014575.post-66414693294995390842011-08-08T15:53:58.978-05:002011-08-08T15:53:58.978-05:00"You're desire for things to have a purpo..."You're desire for things to have a purpose requires your belief in a god to set that purpose. This is known as begging the question."<br /><br />That is not an argument. Tha is an explaination. I can just as easily say that your desire for the universe to not contain a God to whom you must be accountable requires your disbelief in a God to fulfill that desire.J. K. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02329537522697826005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392276397477014575.post-85126267280796150672011-08-08T15:52:02.870-05:002011-08-08T15:52:02.870-05:00Anonymous,
Please define "bad" things. ...Anonymous,<br /><br />Please define "bad" things. Is there a moral connotation to the word "bad" you are using?<br /><br />JKJ. K. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02329537522697826005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392276397477014575.post-7482344171811050662011-07-30T12:04:13.807-05:002011-07-30T12:04:13.807-05:00"How do you know what illness or injury my da..."How do you know what illness or injury my daughter has undergone?"<br /><br />Statistics. <br /><br /><br />You're desire for things to have a purpose requires your belief in a god to set that purpose. This is known as begging the question. <br /><br />Value is subjective. To me you are not that valuable to your daughter we could not even begin to calculate your value. <br /><br /Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392276397477014575.post-87097989696839745422011-07-25T12:40:21.950-05:002011-07-25T12:40:21.950-05:00What would I say to God? That's unfair?
Ho...What would I say to God? That's unfair? <br /><br />How do you know what illness or injury my daughter has undergone?<br /><br />What is the alternative? To have all of her suffering to have no ultimate meaning or purpose? That is what a world without God looks like. Our suffering is no different from the suffering of an other animal. Our suffering has no value, and neither do we.J. K. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02329537522697826005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392276397477014575.post-13527291991877187532011-07-25T11:00:05.122-05:002011-07-25T11:00:05.122-05:00"Like it or not, no one is free from sin (Rom..."Like it or not, no one is free from sin (Romans 5:12-21). Since we are not, we should suffer."<br /><br />Somehow this will be the furthest thing from your mind the next time your child becomes ill or injured. If not, I pity you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com