I was recently thinking about the statement, "God is good." Many hear this statement every week at their local place of worship. The Bible and other religious holy books are replete with statements about the goodness of God.
I was thinking about the concept of "good" in light of bad things that obviously happen in our world (such as hurricanes, earthquakes, disease, etc.). Since the dawn of time it seems man has been arguing about the issue of evil. (I am working on another post regarding this topic , so I won't go into that specifically now.)
The thing that occurred to me was a different way of looking at "good."
If a mechanic is "good," it is referring to his skill. The same holds true for any skilled person. They are GOOD at what they do. God is "good" in that sense. I am not saying He is not also GOOD in the sense of what we think of the virtue called goodness.
I am always intrigued by statements of scientists, including Darwinists, who point to the "genius of Nature." A commentator to my recent post on Intelligent Design referred to a book called The Genius Within. When I look at the evidence of design in the universe and in living organisms I have to admit my awe at how incredibly "good" the design is.
Obviously it is argued just how this "design" came to be, whether by random acts guided by some mysterious "natural selection," or the conscious, deliberate act of a highly intelligent designer. Any objective observer, regardless of his or her persuasion, has to admit that the end result is nothing short of an amazingly good design.
From my perspective, I think the weight of evidence from many academic disciplines points to God as the "Designer." And in the sense that what we observe is really quite "good," one would have to come to the conclusion that God is good. That is, He is good at what He does. In the Book of Genesis it even states the God stepped back and looked at what He had created and called it "Very Good" (Gen 1:31). I think His own observation of His handiwork is correct.
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I was recently thinking about the statement, "God is good." Many hear this statement every week at their local place of worship. The Bible and other religious holy books are replete with statements about the goodness of God.
I was thinking about the concept of "good" in light of bad things that obviously happen in our world (such as hurricanes, earthquakes, disease, etc.). Since the dawn of time it seems man has been arguing about the issue of evil. (I am working on another post regarding this topic , so I won't go into that specifically now.)
The thing that occurred to me was a different way of looking at "good."
If a mechanic is "good," it is referring to his skill. The same holds true for any skilled person. They are GOOD at what they do. God is "good" in that sense. I am not saying He is not also GOOD in the sense of what we think of the virtue called goodness.
I am always intrigued by statements of scientists, including Darwinists, who point to the "genius of Nature." A commentator to my recent post on Intelligent Design referred to a book called The Genius Within. When I look at the evidence of design in the universe and in living organisms I have to admit my awe at how incredibly "good" the design is.
Obviously it is argued just how this "design" came to be, whether by random acts guided by some mysterious "natural selection," or the conscious, deliberate act of a highly intelligent designer. Any objective observer, regardless of his or her persuasion, has to admit that the end result is nothing short of an amazingly good design.
From my perspective, I think the weight of evidence from many academic disciplines points to God as the "Designer." And in the sense that what we observe is really quite "good," one would have to come to the conclusion that God is good. That is, He is good at what He does. In the Book of Genesis it even states the God stepped back and looked at what He had created and called it "Very Good" (Gen 1:31). I think His own observation of His handiwork is correct.
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