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| A better question is: “What kind of a God would allow such evil in the world?” A cruel God or a mistaken one? Certainly a man-created God. Mary Baker Eddy provides 7 synonyms for God which help thought to let go of this “big Man-in-the-sky” misconception: Mind, Principle, Soul, Spirit, Life, Truth, and Love. These are all rendered in the singular, and are infinite, even as God is one and infinite. As such, there is no room for evil, any more than there is room for mistakes in the principle of mathematics. Would you blame the principle for a mistake? Time questioning why the principle allowed the mistake is time wasted! The longer you spend indulging the mistake instead of applying the principle to correct it, the longer you have it! Only as the sin and sickness of the world are regarded as illegitimate, contrary to the law of God, can we overcome them. |