Things to Ponder (Part 1)

 Comparisons of things to other things to produce thought, about the ways of the universe and a being behind the production of the world.

-Asking Questions about why things happen:  The thing that we seem to struggle most about..... We want to know why things happen, but wanting to know things might be the cause of our troubles.   Adam and Eve sinned and were given the knowledge of good and evil.  They knew more than they were supposed to, and were ashamed about things like the fact that they were naked.  It never mattered before because they didn't know, it was just the way it was.  When they saw what was good and evil they began to question God.  We need to trust God regardless of what we know or don't know, then we can truly be at peace.

-If A God Exists Why Can't We See Him?:  Just like a builder of a house, isn't a part of the house itself like something you can see, like a fireplace doesn't mean you don't believe that the builder of the house didn't build the house.  Just like looking at a house won't allow you to learn much about the builder itself just by looking at the house.  It's the same with  a spiritual being just because "God" isn't a part of the Earth doesn't mean he didn't create it, and by just looking at the universe, you won't learn much about God himself.  

- Evil Can't Exist Without Goodness:  Things that are evil.  Badness is caused by people using the wrong methods to get something good.  In order for someone to be evil, they must possess the good things of intelligence and free will.  This would explain why the devil is considered a fallen angel.

-An Evil World:  We are in a world full of evil things.  On Earth we are at war between good and evil.  When we go to church, it's like we are gaining spiritual weapons to use against the evil forces which is why the enemy tries to keep us from going.  The enemy plays on our conceit, laziness, or intellectual stubbornness to get us not to go.

-The Concept of Atheism: If atheism was a true concept, the meaning of the universe would be simple. We know however that the universe isn't a simple thing but a complex thing.  The fact that the planets are so different but all act nearly the same as they all revolve around the sun, even though there are various differences between all the planets.  If atheism is true that would mean that the universe has no meaning.  This is flawed though, because in order to know the definition of meaning in the first place something must of put the thought into our heads. 

(Inspired by the book Mere Christianity)