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[reportfromcyprus]

I wish we were the wisest and most calm living creatures on earth.

Power and intelligence seems to end up in all sorts of problems for the planet. Giving ourselves the status of God's children must carry some personal responsibility as well.

[Simon]

We are the wisest but it is a shame how some people seek to use this. I agree that we all should carry personal responsibility.

[miltiades]

I wonder who created Siamese twins !!
How about mosquitoes and blue bottles , and the millions of germs that humanity has been fighting for thousands of years , how about cancer cells , Gods' creation .
I know God works in mysterious ways , a tsunami here an earthquake there a few tornadoes now and again just to remind us of His power over us. Well he bloody well doesn't have any power over me .

[Simon]

Miltiades, you are so small minded.

Do you ever stop to think why this world is not perfect?

There is no point me even talking to you on this subject because your heart is completely hardened and your mind is closed.

[Rodosthenis]

God created humans and everything else to be perfect as Him but after the first humans Adam and Eve disobeyed Him everything started to be not perfect including humans. But because God loves His children has sent His Son to earth to become a human being as us to show us the way to get perfect again. If we follow Jesus life and example we can become perfect again and live for ever in heaven with our Father in His Kingdom. However, His Kingdom does not begin after this life when our body dies but from the time we start following Christ's teaching. We can start it NOW!!! May God guides us all!! Amen.

[reportfromcyprus]

Adam and Eve is an interesting parable, Rodosthenis. I take the view that even negative and evil events happen for a reason, but we usually don't live long enough to see the long-term effect. For example, personal suffering often teaches us to look deeper into life and try to improve things if we can. World War Two was terribly destructive and awful, but it lead to a united Europe and the United Nations, two organisations that are at least trying to spread peace and cooperation.

God is love, I think - love and light. But even perfection has its dark moments. If we can get through those and see the light at the end of the tunnel, it will mean a better future. And there's no point in blaming God for our own stupid mistakes.