Child: “God, why do you allow violence in schools?
God: “I’m not allowed in schools.”
This is an meme you see all the time, hopefully from
Christians being dumb, not serious. It is so prevalent I thought I’d take a
closer look at it ‘cause something about it just set’s my teeth on edge.
Would God withdraw
protection from children in public schools, many of whom are probably from
Christian families, based on adults restricting the use of corporate Christian prayer
in those schools? Can God’s very presence be kept from schools by human law? If
our God is just, wouldn’t requiring the fair and equitable application of that
justice be something He would demand of Himself? Would He really allow person “A”,
in this a case little child, to be rendered into hamburger by a madman armed
with a rapid fire weapon as punishment for the actions of person “B”?
God is all powerful we’re told, He can do whatever He wants.
Well sociopaths do that. Is that how you
view your Creator? Does the fact that God has the power to do whatever He wants
mean He would? Doesn’t God possess a moral and ethical framework within which
He exercises that infinite power?
Now God’s purposes and designs are mysterious, not always understood
in our lives. That I’ll grant you. But to ascribe petty vindictiveness to the same
God who in love sent His Son to die for us, the God who’s fruits are “love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
gentleness and
self-control”(Galations 5) is not a credible theology.
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