A thought provoking reply to a struggling Christian.
I receive this interesting and touching email.
” I grew up Anglican and live in Canada. I now have a wife (she is Japanese and agnostic) and two kids. Ever since I can remember I’ve always believed and prayed to God. But it was recently that I truly stated to question a lot things about what I believed, such as the hell topic, the hiddenness of God, the problem of evil, and the apparent errant texts in the bible.
As I stated, I am very much troubled by certain texts of the bible, in particular the violent acts attributed to God, including the genocidal commands, the killing the Egyptian firstborns, the killing of David’s newborn, the burning of Sodom and Gomorah, the flood, etc, etc.
So what am I to make of these texts? Do I simple ignore them and assume they are false? If so why did Jesus appear…
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