Why do good people suffer?

First, my apologies for the delay in new posts. Some personal matters needed to be taken care of that took up more time than I anticipated.

One of the hardest things for me to accept when we talk about a “loving God” is how it seems that so many good people suffer calamities through no obvious fault of their own. At the same time, people who are — for want of a better term — “evil” seem to succeed and have good things fall into their lap.

It’s a lack of justice in this world that sometimes I have trouble dealing with.

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Recently Added to the Site

The first two excerpts from “I’m God and You’re Not’ have been added to the web site under “The Book

The book uses satire and may use strong language at times.

If you do not have a sense of humor or find such offensive, it is suggested that you do not read this material

Family Claims to Find Jesus Christ Image on Crab

Crabbing in Everett, Washington got a bit more interesting last weekend when a family caught a crab there with what they said appeared to be an image of Jesus Christ on its belly.  For the complete article, see Family Claims to Find Jesus Christ Image on Crab | NBC New York.

The news keeps reporting on people seeing images of Jesus Christ,or  the Virgin Mary in all sorts of things:  potato chips, grilled cheese sandwiches, tree barks, mold on bathroom walls.  I’m waiting to hear that someone found  an image of Jesus in their poop. Continue reading “Family Claims to Find Jesus Christ Image on Crab”

An Introduction

Depending on your belief system (and I would admit that science is a belief system, too), some few thousand or a few hundred thousand or perhaps even some millions of years ago a unique creature came forth upon this planet. It was called man and it had the ability to think for itself. It was self-aware, capable of contemplating its birth,its life, and its inevitable death. Continue reading “An Introduction”