Believing that God isn’t powerful enough to stop those bad things is not my train of thought…or that he doesn’t love us enough to stop those bad things.

I am simply saying that I don’t believe that God orchestrates bad things to prove a point. Thus, everything doesn’t happen for a reason.

I think your logic in the first part of your article is good. Why would a loving God choose to do such horrible things? Well, a loving god wouldn’t do those things. Then, however, your logic goes downhill fast.

You seem to take the easy way out, and just say that all the bad things are somehow not the work of God but all the good things are. I’m sorry, but it just doesn’t work that way. God, is by most definitions, all powerful and all loving. Therefor, even if God doesn’t directly cause illness, car accidents, etc, “he” would certainly have the power to stop those things. Do you agree? Otherwise “he” is not all powerful, or, he is not loving enough to do so.

There is, of course, a simpler explanation. That being that there simply is no God. It makes way more sense then having to justify an all loving, all powerful God, not only allowing this type of stuff to happen, but also causing it, according to many people’s view. Give it some thought and feel free to e-mail if you want to discuss it further.