I’ve often thought maybe that was His reason for including evil in His design. Perhaps our test is if we’re able to follow His teaching despite the bad harming us. A literal turning of our cheeks & living fully His peaceful teaching. After all, at best we’re only in this circumstance for a blip of eternity. But we’re not good at living His teaching.
That’s why I believe heaven isn’t crowded. I probably don’t need two hands to count all the people I’ve known who will be there. (Hell for me is simply not being there for that eternity.)
Which of these every year killS more of their own than all other mammals, amphibians & reptiles combined . . . & rationalizes it a thousand different ways (despite what most religions teach) ???
And the Bible seems clear which was wrong.
I’ve often thought maybe that was His reason for including evil in His design. Perhaps our test is if we’re able to follow His teaching despite the bad harming us. A literal turning of our cheeks & living fully His peaceful teaching. After all, at best we’re only in this circumstance for a blip of eternity. But we’re not good at living His teaching.
That’s why I believe heaven isn’t crowded. I probably don’t need two hands to count all the people I’ve known who will be there. (Hell for me is simply not being there for that eternity.)