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Originally Posted by Textcritic
This is exactly true, and it is also where you and I would most fundamentally disagree. I am not convinced that we can improve (enough) without God.
You know me a little bit from our exchanges on CP, but enough to know that I most certainly am not nostalgic or romantic about the past. I champion enlightenment, modernity, and the many wonderful changes wrought on by "progress". However, I also perceive that this world is still a mess. We plug one hole in the dam and another leak appears.
I am not fatalistic about this problem, as I am convinced that it requires proactivity. Where you and I differ is in my belief that even our best efforts will never be good enough, and yet I believe, hope and expect that God will ultimately set the balances aright.
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In your view, what is "He" waiting for? And how can you love or worship or even respect a God who could set the balance aright but chooses not to while billions of people have suffered over thousands and thousands of years? (I'm not trying to be disrespectful; I'm sincerely curious.)
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