i'm back...after 2 months of internet-less. On december 30, i moved back to my old/newly renovted house. Since then, i didn't have internet. I'm glad i survived (it wasn't that bad actually :D). I mean, if none of my friends had computers, i wouldn't want one either. ha... cuz it's too addictive and it keeps me away from spending time with God and books and cross-stitch.
Okay, enough with the sentimental stuff. Chinese New Year. ahh... i miss it. It's one of my favorite holidays because of the fireworks and the red envelopes. I got... 2k and above or something this year, Rmb and HKD added together. The best part is i'm saving the money! For.... eh, i dont know. A point and shoot probably, or maybe a new set of lens.
"Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able?
Then is he not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing?
Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able, and willing?
Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing?
Then why call him God?" - Epicurus
I found this as someone's profile picture. I'll try my best to rebut it. I must.
Why is there evil in the world? Maybe we should ask ourselves. Imagine this, you're in sixth grade and you are ting-xieing. You forgot how to write a chinese character, you decided to cheat. Luckily your best friend XXX is sitting right beside you and is more than willing to help you cheat. So she wrote it on her calf so you could see it (i'm shaking now...). Yes, that was what i did. I must confess i cheated/helped cheated in ting-xies. But hey, no big deal, ITS TING XIE! Who cares about me cheating during ting xie?
Well, God does. Even more, God sees ALL sins equal, from white lies to murder. Why is there evil again? That would be because we made a choice. I made a choice to cheat. I could have not helped my friend and she would've been just fine. People, God didn't CREATE evil. He isn't just sitting there and watch evil happen. He gave us the freedom to CHOOSE. He is letting us to have our own free will to do things, like to love, to hate, to be honest, to cheat, to save people, or to murder, just because He loves us sooo much. He loves us until you aren’t even close to grasping the vastness of His unconditional love.
Well then you might ask again, how about the VICTIMS? The people who got raped, murdered, and furthermore, the people who died of diseases? They didn't have a choice! What's God doing with them?
Ah... I really wish I could explain this so clearly. But I can't. I really don't know why. Believe me, I know sometimes life sucks. This world is dying, there are people out there so dehydrated that they can't even shred tears. But it's a thing called faith is what we need. Faith is the reason why I'm living. Faith is the reason why i'm using this laptop, I believe it wouldn't explode and kill me. Faith is the reason why I trust what my teachers say, I believe they have brains.
Don't we all live by believing people? Why can't we believe in the most powerful one, God?
Sorry that was super long. Hehe, hope it helped.