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Some people turn from God because they cannot understand how a good God can permit evil in the world.
We are bothered a good deal by people who assume the responsibility of the world when God is neglectful.
God created a good world that was subjected to futility because of the sinful, treasonous choice of the first human beings.
I was never much bothered about moral questions like, 'How could there be a good God when there's so much evil in the world?'
Only a completely unintelligible God can be said to be absolutely good and absolutely powerful yet tolerate the world as it is.
Before Darwin, our world was very religious. People saw altruism as something given by God for us to be good so that we could go to Paradise.
If God has given you the world's goods in abundance, it is to help you gain those of Heaven and to be a good example of sound teaching to your sons, servants, and relatives.
The Biblical world view sees Earth and its ecosystems as the effect of a wise God's creation and... therefore robust, resilient, and self-regulating, like the product of any good engineer.
There are a lot of singers who cannot sing to save their lives. We have to accept it, but thank God there is such a thing as live shows. It's only when people are faced with live shows that the world gets to know how good or how bad they are.
When I went to college, being thin was seen as good, so everyone told me I was normal. Then you get older, and you start putting on weight, and you're like, 'Oh God, I used to be really small.' Then you get into the world of media, and you just feel the pressure massively.
God help anyone who disobeys my recycling system. I have all the separated bins. I'm very adamant about it because I try to be a good citizen of the world, I really do. I even use eco-friendly cleaning products, but sometimes you just have to break open the disinfectant. Some jobs require it.
What I see in the Bible, especially in the book of Psalms, which is a book of gratitude for the created world, is a recognition that all good things on Earth are God's, every good gift is from above. They are good if we recognize where they came from and if we treat them the way the Designer intended them to be treated.