"If I was God, I'd make every day like
Christmas. Many children who have not
had the wonderful opportunity to sample
the great variety of suffering to be had in
the the world seem to enjoy Christmas
just fine. In other words, God wouldn't
have to take ALL the suffering out of the
world, just the more gratuitious
examples."

I'd have to agree with this statement. Why do people have to suffer so greatly to find out how wonderful the opposite side of the spectrum can really be. If God is all powerful, why can't he change the extremes of good and evil that is present here on earth?

These are questions that cannot be answered by anyone but God. Certain faiths say that if you believe in Him, then you believe that you will find out why at the end of your life here on earth. If you don't believe in Him then you will never know. As someone else posted earlier in the term, if you choose the latter, you'd better be right!

Mary Riggs
riggsmary@earthlink.net