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To: mark silvers who wrote (899)	9/9/1998 1:43:00 PM
From: IN_GOD_I_TRUST	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1542

Mark, The bottom line...God does not want us to kill! Its a commandment! But then came humans to screw things up. Now if humans contract some life-endangering disease because they had sex with monkeys or something, what does he do? Does he let the people that were depraved wipe out the good people? Or does he wipe out the depraved people to save the good people? Please don't take this example literally, I did not mean it literally. I was just trying to prove a point. IMO, wiping out the depraved to save the good is the more admirable thing to do! But I am not God! God Bless, Steve

To: mark silvers who wrote (899)	9/9/1998 2:21:00 PM
From: John S.	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1542

Mark, How does the creation question the creator? Did Thomas Edison's light bulb try to show him the "light?" (I'm not known for my good jokes Mark) I used to have difficulty with understanding why God would allow suffering and death, especially with the death of little children. What I've come to terms with in my limited understanding of God is His emphasis on eternity with Him. I questioned why millions of children die of starvation in third world countries but I also see from scripture that "their angels always behold the face of the Father." Are these kids being spared from something worse? Reaching adulthood and not finding Christ? Josiah was a king in Judah and loved God and did His best to serve Him and God told him that he would "gather him to his fathers and he would be brought to his grave in peace" this being done so that he would not see all the evil that would be brought upon his nation. Josiah was 39 when he died. I may be repeating myself here but it appears obvious to me our afterlife is of far more importance in the long run. We only see the here and now, God has a much bigger picture in mind. God bless, John