The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission | A nation in prayer: Remembering the Virginia Tech community | Comments http://erlc.com/ This feed provides all comments on "A nation in prayer: Remembering the Virginia Tech community." en web-master@erlc.com ℗ & © 2008 ERLC Comment 1 http://erlc.com/article/remembering-the-virginia-tech-community#comment1 http://erlc.com/article/remembering-the-virginia-tech-community#comment1 The Virginia Tech massacre was indeed a dreadful thing. My kids go to University but I can only guess at the sense of loss and hurt currently being felt by the parents and friends of the students killed.

A similar event occurred in Australia a few years ago at Port Arthur. The outcome, however, was that the government introduced significant restrictions on owning firearms. Maybe to gain some degree of a positive out of the current event the ERLC/SBC should start to lobby for a repeal of the currently constitutional right to bare arms.

]]> Wed, 18 Apr 2007 01:24:46 CST Comment 2 http://erlc.com/article/remembering-the-virginia-tech-community#comment2 http://erlc.com/article/remembering-the-virginia-tech-community#comment2 Many will question---"Why would a God who is loving allow this to happen?” It is a difficult question.  I am not sure that I can say anything except that evil exists and we as Christians are compelled to fight against it.

]]> Wed, 18 Apr 2007 08:42:07 CST Comment 3 http://erlc.com/article/remembering-the-virginia-tech-community#comment3 http://erlc.com/article/remembering-the-virginia-tech-community#comment3 Yvonne, the easiest and most logical answer to your question is to accept the fact that God does not exist.

]]> Thu, 19 Apr 2007 03:49:06 CST Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:40:47 CST Comment 4 http://erlc.com/article/remembering-the-virginia-tech-community#comment4 http://erlc.com/article/remembering-the-virginia-tech-community#comment4 Yvonne,

Indeed, a difficult question, though not an unanswerable one. I recommend a good (in-depth) study of the book of Ecclesiastes which spends a great deal of time wrestling with that very question.

We’ve produced a few radio programs in the past that have discussed the issue:

- The Problem of Life with God. (Tommy Nelson)

- The Finding God in Unexpected Places (Philip Yancey)

Ravi Zacharias has an extensive entry titled September 11, 2001: Was God Present or Absent? and John Piper’s teaching on the subject of suffering is evidence the Bible is not silent on this issue.

The existence of suffering (or evil in some cases) does not disprove the existence of God. It does raise valid questions, but it by no means ends the discussion.

(Matt is on staff at the ERLC)

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