ARROGANT

David Hume, one of history's most famous skeptics, said it was just barely possible that God exists and to say there is absolutely no possiblility reveals an arrogance that suggests a knowledge that is beyong human knowledge.  Intellectually arrogant!

"Only in a world where faith is difficult can faith exist."  from the Case for Faith.

"If there is a God, why is there so much good?
If there is a God, why is there so much evil?"  St. Augustine.

The question remains does the presence of suffering necessarily mean the absence of God?

Is not the very outrage we feel at the suffering and evil around us a feeling that exists because the living God is also outraged and calls for us to respond?  He has given to us a standard by which we may judge good and evil.  It would appear to me that if evolution where still in progress then evil would have been destroyed by now.

Maybe, just maybe, with God's help and guidance of His Spirit I can ease some suffering in this world.

Even after Immaculee Ibibgiza told her story about the miracle of her survival in the book "Left to Tell"
she finds that her life was now filled with new and terrifying challenges; struggling to find meaning and understanding while feeling hopeless and alone.  Most of her family had been killed in the genocide in Rwanda.

Faith takes hard work, constant attention and deep commitment if the bond of love is to flourish.  There will always be questions that have no answers but a heart that desires to be loving will find the strength and courage to do so with the help of a God of Compassion!