I am reading a book by Jerry Bridges called, “Is God Really
in Control?” in the first chapter, Bridges quotes Allan Laing, a Scottish
Newspaperman’s comments on the terrific tragedy of the South Asian Tsunami in
2004,
”God, if there is a God, should be ashamed of himself. The
sheer enormity of the Asian tsunami disaster, the death, destruction, havoc it
has wreaked, the misery it has caused, must surely test the faith of even the
firmest believer…I hope I am right that there is no God. For if there were then he’d have to shoulder
the blame. In my book, he’d be a guilty
as in, and I’d want nothing to do with him.”
So, the writer challenges the goodness of God that the
writer doubts really exists. But he does
raise an interesting challenge. If God
is God, then He can certainly avert disasters.
But, disasters of many types do occur.
If you could sit down over a coffee with Mr. Laing, and
assuming he would really be open to listening, what would you say about his
comments above.
How would you challenge Mr. Laing’s argument? Next post, I’ll tackle this one, but in the
meantime, give it some thought.
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