Reply #24: Nonsense--everything is about me. [View All]

I am the Lorentz Reference Point. I am the focus of the universe, 'round which you all spin. I am the Center, without which things fall apart, loosing mere anarchy upon the world.

You don't want to loose the blood-dimmed tide, do you? Well do you?


Anyway, I'd hoped with the end of my previous post to convey that your choice of metaphor is at least as good as other apologetic constructs. Strobel uses the image of a bear in a trap to describe humanity's inability to comprehend God's choice to allow suffering to persist. I find his metaphor naive and insulting.

Yours, in contrast, has the benefit of not telling anyone to shut up (on the grounds that we don't see the big picture). As such, your metaphor is superior to Strobel's. I grant, however, that a favorable comparison to Strobel isn't much of a compliment...