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Originally Posted by daveake
Alternatively, and rather more simply, he just doesn't exist.
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I did some more reading (googling!) and apparently that's it. Christianity is based on faith and if bad things happened only to bad people and good people came away unscathed then no faith would be required.
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First of all, if God wanted to remove all doubt about his existence, He could do so — but, He doesn’t because the cornerstone of Christianity is faith.
Imagine what would happen if bad things DIDN’T happen to good people. What if when an airline crashed, only the non-Christians died while all the believers walked away unscathed? What if the moment someone became an atheist, he was immediately struck by lightning and killed? What if every rape, murder, robbery, and painful illness only happened to non-believers? If that were the case, then no faith would be required to be a Christian.
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More here
http://mensnewsdaily.com/2009/05/15/...o-good-people/
I don't really get it to be honest. I have a friend who when faced with a question he can't answer, or a disagreement, just keeps talking. He's Irish and his accent brings with it some charm, but also makes it difficult for some people to understand what he's saying. Eventually he seems to confuse them into agreeing with him or believing he knows what he's talking about. Afterwards, they're left wondering whether he answered them or not. The article confused me, I can't work out if the answer was in there.