Loving God [Part 1]

September 12, 2008

God is often referred to as a loving God. Atheists and Agnostics alike often like to use this ideal against the Christian community. They stipulate that if our God is so loving, how can He allow for pain and suffering? How can He allow babies to die or be killed. How can He allow women to be raped and abused? How can He allow others not to love? Moreover, it is not just that He is a loving God, it is that He is Omnipotent; therefore, God should be able to stop this.

Dissenters say that because the world as we know contradicts a loving, all-powerful God, that God cannot exist. After all, He would do something, right? Loving us means protecting us, right?

Let’s examine each argument fully for a minute. Read more

Tags: God, Atheists, Agnostics, allow, Omnipotent