Atheists?

[KenWittlief]

Janie,

I understand the position you are taking, and the nature of your question. I think if you got things the way you say you would have preferred it, that you would not be very happy with the results.

There are answers to your question. If I never failed at anything I would not treasure my successes. If I had never been lonely I would not cherish my friends

we could create a society without crime and without violence - all we have to do is surrender our freedom, let someone else tell us what to do with every minute of our lives

we could even be pumped full of morphine so we would feel happy all day. Thats not what I want, and all I can say is for some reason, that is not the way God wanted us to live.

I do know that in the biblical frame of reference our lives are nothing but an instant. What is 70 years compaired to 700 years? its 10%

compaired to 70,000 years? its 0.1%

what is 70 years compaired to eternity? mathematically its zero.

when we are 100,000 years into eternity this short life will be like nothing but a bad dream. What purpose does it serve? I think only God can answer that.

But to look at this from a larger perspective, whether or not we understand why God has done the things He choose to do, has no effect on whether or not He exists.

If I dont understand the tax laws, or how to file my tax return, or if I think the IRS is unfair, that does not make the IRS dissapear, and it does not make me exempt from paying my due tax.