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<blockquote data-quote="Ken Behrens" data-source="post: 70467223" data-attributes="member: 390640"><p>So many ex-Christians ask these questions. I could answer them, but that's not really the point. (In short - thye would each need a chapter of a book- Gen. 1 does not address the ball of dirt, but the world of God's love. There was a flood, but it was a malfunction of sin based technology, like we are afraid of nuclear war; when you read the Hebrew, and the stories from other cultures, this emerges. God allows evil, since He wishes to be loved in return; if we did not know evil, we would not know Him, and could not make the choice to love. Most people do not make the choice to love, and that is why all the natural disasters remain.)</p><p></p><p>When people (like significant others and parents, for example) go to church, hopefully it is because they have made the choice to follow Jesus, and church helps them to do this. Sadly, some who go to church have not made this choice, and do it to please someone else, or to placate their consciences, or hedge their bets about eternity. This is why it is so hard to get answers to such questions. If you want to discuss such question, I will do so with you. But why not ask Jesus to show you Himself. Then you and He can talk these things over. He's way smarter than I am, and can speak to you with an intimacy I cannot.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ken Behrens, post: 70467223, member: 390640"] So many ex-Christians ask these questions. I could answer them, but that's not really the point. (In short - thye would each need a chapter of a book- Gen. 1 does not address the ball of dirt, but the world of God's love. There was a flood, but it was a malfunction of sin based technology, like we are afraid of nuclear war; when you read the Hebrew, and the stories from other cultures, this emerges. God allows evil, since He wishes to be loved in return; if we did not know evil, we would not know Him, and could not make the choice to love. Most people do not make the choice to love, and that is why all the natural disasters remain.) When people (like significant others and parents, for example) go to church, hopefully it is because they have made the choice to follow Jesus, and church helps them to do this. Sadly, some who go to church have not made this choice, and do it to please someone else, or to placate their consciences, or hedge their bets about eternity. This is why it is so hard to get answers to such questions. If you want to discuss such question, I will do so with you. But why not ask Jesus to show you Himself. Then you and He can talk these things over. He's way smarter than I am, and can speak to you with an intimacy I cannot. [/QUOTE]
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