Bible-beater pilots

You missed my point - I'm not saying God will give you the answer to
everything you don't understand - I said that God will reveal His nature to
you - that is the essence of real wisdom.

Humankind being what it is, we tend to think we have a right to understand
everything. I myself did all the things you spoke of - raised Catholic,
studied all the religions, etc.

I'd like to understand why God allows such things as Hitler, Stalin,
terrorism, pain and suffering of innocent children, etc. but have come to
realize that His ways are greater than mine. Again, it is the conceit of man
that we have a right to understand - that's what Satan promised Adam and
Eve - "You shall not surely die... God knows that when you eat of it your
eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."

We place ourselves at the level of gods, thinking that if we can reason
something out, we can then understand it and thereby bring it under our
control. That is the essence of our "sin" - we think we have a right to
ourselves and to control our destiny.

We were created by God for His purposes - not ours. He is the Supreme
Being - not us. We don't care for that and want to bring God down to our
level by saying that we understand God. And when we can't do that, we say He
doesn't exist (I did that for some time) or that He is in nature or that He
doesn't care or that He is dead or anything that help us understand what's
happening.

Like I said, focus on the simple truths. That's not something the world
cherishes today.


John