Sunday, May 30, 2010
He is our home.
The real problem of evil is not simply that evil and suffering exists, but rather its ability to separate suffering human beings from the only true source of healing and hope: knowledge of the love of God and a sense of providential meaning and hope. Evil is that which destroys hope in and love for God. Events within the world that bring about suffering are not inherently evil; they can, however, become evil if they are given the power to separate the sufferer from the hope and meaning that emerges from faith and a providential understanding of and relationship with God. - John Swinton from Raging with Compassion
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