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[aid] => mick
[title] => Is God real?
[time] => 2005-11-19 10:10:43
[hometext] => I have been debating... Still not quite sure...
[bodytext] => With all the sorrow in the world, And the horrors that persist. The fact that God ignores it all, Tells me God must not exist. I see planes flown into buildings, Bombs set off on crowded trains, I see children raped and murdered, Never finding their remains. There are crooked politicians Who conspire to take control, There are priests who serve the body And care nothing for the soul. There are people who are starving, Others suffer on our streets. The environment is dying, And the cycle just repeats. So I climbed the highest building And screamed at God above. I said, why won’t you do something If you are a God of love? Then the skies began to darken, Bolts of lightning crashing down, As I looked I saw an Angel With a scepter and a crown. He bade me to cease my groaning, My complaints had all been heard. The Lord, he said, had charged him with Delivering me His word. The Angel continued speaking, And His voice seemed so serene, As he shared with me the reason Why God doesn’t intervene. He said, the evils in this world, Result from our own free will. It is we who make the choices In hating enough to kill. But if God were to intervene, That would take away your choice. No more free will to make mistakes, No more questions, no more voice. The only will you would follow, Would be your Father’s above. You’d have no choice in what you do, Or the people that you love. Like fish in an aquarium With no chance to go beyond. For they do not know their choices, And they’ve never seen the pond. Is this what you are longing for? Shall He make it so for you? Do you want God to make your choice? What would you like Him to do? I pondered what the Angel said, And I finally understood. There is a price for our free will, For knowing evil and good. It’s our responsibility, Our range of choices are broad. But when we choose the darker path, We need to stop blaming God! He’d never make that choice for us, Evil is ours to fulfill. And the consequences therein Are the result of free will. Then I heard a crash of thunder As the skies began to clear. And when the Angel disappeared, His last words rang in my ear. “You can choose what you believe in, Pretend not to hear my voice. You’ll find proof of God’s existence In the fact you have that choice.” [comments] => 1 [counter] => 202 [topic] => 11 [informant] => Brandyx7 [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 5 [ratings] => 1 [editpoem] => 0 [associated] => [topicname] => ChristianPoetry )
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