MAN'S RESPONSIBILITIES
Sir,-In reply to J. Malton Murray, the natural universe is ‘God’s responsibility, but one cannot blame God for man’s, misdeeds. If man eats the wrong things, under-eats, or over-eats, he will become ill. If he treats his neighbour unkindly, this leads to quarrels. If he does nothing to save people overseas from oppression and starvation, he’ll soon be at war with these people. All things like selfishness, hate, racial discrimination, love of money, and lust for power sooner or later lead to war, If man persists in disobeying God’s guidance, as outlined in the New Testament of His Word, and instilled in man’s conscience would he only listen to it, can he have the audacity to accuse God ‘of such ‘things as illness, accidents (which are usually carelessness), revolutions, wars, and the like. The universe, formed through natural laws that God ordained, is perfect. If there is anything wrong with it (erosion, deserts, exhausted land, etc.), is it not the fault of those who have used their God-given free-wills in order to thwart God’s original plafis? On the other hand, God sends disaster to cleanse. The solution to all problems, individual, community, national or interna- tional, | whether social, economic, material, or spiritual, lies in this-to love God, and your fellow-humans bet
ter than yourself.
J. L.
JONES
(Wanganui). |
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 20, Issue 503, 11 February 1949, Page 5
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220MAN'S RESPONSIBILITIES New Zealand Listener, Volume 20, Issue 503, 11 February 1949, Page 5
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