Natural Evil: Is There a Rational and Reliable Way to Look at It?
Who wouldn’t rage against the dying of the light when confronted with the devastation caused by floods and tornados and typhoons and earth quakes, and babies with genetic diseases, and anyone sick with cancer, and all matter of natural tragedies! And don’t even get me started with the eat-or-be-killed life and suffering of animals in the wild. I’ll tell you what made me come unglued. Back when I was in school, I was reading an article in National Geographic about the latest technology being used in medicine- and there was a special technique picture taken of a fetus- still in its mother’s womb, showing a cancerous brain tumor. Hadn’t taken a breath yet. Hadn’t even entered this world. Brand spanking new- with a cancerous tumor. I raged and ranted for a year, trying to come to terms with what seemed to me a gigantic celestial NoNo! It seemed so unjust and unwarranted and just stinking immoral! How can any of these tragedies be justified or reconciled? I’m sure there have been times in each of your lives when senseless evil has soured you on life! Today we are going to address natural evil as opposed to moral evil. How in the world can you make peace with the concept of a kind, loving, all-powerful God, and the fact that…….
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