i'm probably going to jumpstart this blog thing again sometime soon but for now i just had a thought stuck in my head. recently i came across our neighbors on facebook and while i was looking at their info i discovered that they are as passionate about their atheism as many are about their belief in God. now, i've got many thoughts that i've been having since reading some of their comments but one stuck out to me.

he has quotes from philosophers and scientists, and others, debunking religion, but one makes mention about how with all the evil in the world, if God allows it, then he is no god, and if he chooses not to stop it, than he isn't a god and doesn't exist.

the first thought that jumped out of my brain, soul and heart was :does that mean that we are not humans and we don't exist? because as i've always tried to answer the question when people say "if God exists, why does he allow war and famine?" to which i reply "well, we exist and what are WE doing to fix it?"

i know that there are deeper questions in the "GOD" debate but to me it shows a want to point the finger when we blame God for all the bad stuff and it takes the pressure off of us getting off of our asses and doing something outside of ourselves.
heck, there are many atheists that live a more christian lifestyle than some christians!

i don't know why bad things happen but i do know that God is not immune to it. imagine that all you want is to create children children that you can love, enjoy life with, and give all of the beauty of the world to. and then imagine that those children became so rotten, so evil, that it was better that they be washed away rather than live on in their evil.

and imagine that again you bore a child, knowing all along that that child would be murdered. A perfect child, murdered, murdered to save those who were less than perfect. God did these things. God has suffered loss and hurt and unimaginable pain and so the last person i plan on accusing of standing back and doing nothing would be Him.

wow i'm sure there are plenty more of discussions to be had about this, but i just really wanted to get these thoughts out there.

so maybe today, try to love somebody new and try to love somebody familiar in a new way, just to remind yourself that WE are able to affect lives.