tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8777375116166426042.post4286261197010383231..comments2023-09-04T08:25:31.403-07:00Comments on Single-celled Views: Just Filled With God's LoveJo Ann Law McGrathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07326983009993406015noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8777375116166426042.post-68311440410555462472012-07-22T09:56:26.410-07:002012-07-22T09:56:26.410-07:00Everyone's faith is so different. I will go ou...Everyone's faith is so different. I will go out on a limb and hope I don't get knocked off...I don't believe that God controls everything. I see God as the source of goodness. I believe that God gave us free will; we make our choices and deal with the outcome. Bad stuff happens either because of nature or as a result of our or others' poor or bad choices. I do believe in blessings--wonderful things that happen to us that can't be explained by anything we or others have done. Some people believe it's just coincidence. I have felt a connection to God in my life, and I won't apologize for it, but neither will I condemn anyone who doesn't feel it or believe in it. I try to be a Christian who filters the Bible through the teachings and actions of Jesus. Often I fail.<br /><br />And since I don't believe that God is a wrathful, unloving mythology type God who toys with us by causing bad things to happen to us and seeing how we react, I do find comfort in my faith when I am hurting.<br /><br />This is just one person's view...not an organized thing, although I currently belong to a Presbyterian church (raised Catholic).G-ma Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08427049665858899979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8777375116166426042.post-31311634656936300952012-06-25T06:46:44.878-07:002012-06-25T06:46:44.878-07:00That's so good to hear, Dick.
Great observat...That's so good to hear, Dick. <br /><br />Great observations, Evie.<br /><br />Thank you both.Jo Ann Law McGrathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07326983009993406015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8777375116166426042.post-80876149396873272212012-06-24T11:26:24.546-07:002012-06-24T11:26:24.546-07:00I, too, have wondered what I would do in your frie...I, too, have wondered what I would do in your friend's situation. <br /><br />I have a FB friend who recently lost her son. The first thing I thought of was that she has her religion and her faith that will get her through this tragedy. It seems like a comfort - - for her. <br /><br />Those of us who haven't been brainwashed to think that God is taking care of everything, can't blindly retreat and hide within the arms of God. What gives non-believers the strength to go on in those tragic situations? <br /><br />I envy those who can't see that there is no magical being calling all the shots, and comforting every little pain, once He/She have inflicted that pain.Eva Lightfoothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15122460969901081743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8777375116166426042.post-72985549078249316942012-06-24T07:59:31.447-07:002012-06-24T07:59:31.447-07:00Love to read your comments, Jo Ann!Love to read your comments, Jo Ann!Mr. Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11248467527823364071noreply@blogger.com