Gregg Doyel clearly doesn't understand the point of Christianity. He seems to think it is a three wish thing, with God as the genie. He talks about God healing T.O.'s injury, but then allowing the tsunami to happen. It doesn't work that way. It's not like if ten more people in India had prayed to God that day, the tsunami wouldn't have happened. As humans, we are often too limited to think about these types of things the right way, but if everything were perfect, and bad things (like the tsunami) never happened, we wouldn't need God, would we? Everything would already be there. God allows bad things to happen not necessarily to punish the victims, but to keep the focus on Him (which would be selfish if it were a human, but obviously God is not a human).
Also, Doyel says that "Christianity would be great without all those Christians." Well, those Christians are what Christianity is all about. Jesus said the Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. Following God is not about putting a statue of Jesus on your front lawn and praying twice a day. That's why the church (not the Church, like the Lutheran Church or any denomination, but the church meaning the entire body of believers) is so important; because Jesus works in our midst, not just in the little crucifix in our bedroom.
Just my two cents. Any thoughts?
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