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Giants In The Earth, by Eric Smith

6/11/2014

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“So what do think?”

“Think about what?”

“You know, how did we get here and why?”

“That’s laid out in detail in the Book of Genesis.”

“You buy all of that literally, word for word?”

“Yeah, why not; it works for me.”

“Hmm. A lot of people believe in the good book as long as it serves their purposes, but when a part of the text becomes morally inconvenient for them, they claim it’s just allegory, or that certain parts of the Old Testament are meant for Jews but not Christians. And where it’s self-contradictory they call it a mystery or say we can’t understand everything stated in the inspired word of God.”

“Well, if you’re so smart, how did we get here and why?”

“I don’t know for sure. I grant you it seems unlikely that the world and the rest of the universe is just an accident or an illusion. I figure a higher power must have put this all together. But I’m pretty certain God isn’t following the action all over the world or the entire universe and watching over what everybody does with their life.”

“Well, I believe God is all knowing and all powerful, so it’s not much of a stretch to believe He’s following what kinds of choices every person makes.”

“That’s where we part ways, I suppose. I believe God put the universe together but has better things to do than worry about all our decisions and revisions. 
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Bobby Warner
6/11/2014 05:07:26 pm

Amen! 'Nuff said.

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