Comments on: One Lump or Two? http://unscriptured.com/2009/12/11/one-lump-or-two/ and now, a word from our creator Tue, 22 May 2012 19:44:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: some poor unfortunate soul http://unscriptured.com/2009/12/11/one-lump-or-two/#comment-2885 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:43:55 +0000 http://unscriptured.com/2009/12/11/one-lump-or-two/#comment-2885 C.S. Lewis's 'The Problem of Pain' deals with this idea very directly. It's been years since I last read it, so I can't give any great detail about what he says, other than that a lot of Christians seem to feel that God has abandoned them when something bad happens, when, if they were following their faith the way they were supposed to, they'd know that that isn't the case. Just praying that the problem will go away won't do it, either. A Christian has to build these rather intricate walls about the pain (and by pain, I mean anything that causes one distress, not just physical pain) so that it can be coped with. I find his argument to be logical, just not convincing. And I think you're right on about people believing in angels, but not devils. According to the Bible, though, angels haven't been visiting us for about 2000 years, but devils are always around. And some Christian groups look at it that way, too. C.S. Lewis’s ‘The Problem of Pain’ deals with this idea very directly. It’s been years since I last read it, so I can’t give any great detail about what he says, other than that a lot of Christians seem to feel that God has abandoned them when something bad happens, when, if they were following their faith the way they were supposed to, they’d know that that isn’t the case. Just praying that the problem will go away won’t do it, either. A Christian has to build these rather intricate walls about the pain (and by pain, I mean anything that causes one distress, not just physical pain) so that it can be coped with. I find his argument to be logical, just not convincing.
And I think you’re right on about people believing in angels, but not devils. According to the Bible, though, angels haven’t been visiting us for about 2000 years, but devils are always around. And some Christian groups look at it that way, too.

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