If you don't have a copy of The Valley of Vision I say, get one! Those puritans knew where it was at. Here's an excerpt...

"Give me that faith which is the means of salvation,
and the principle and medium of all godliness;
May I be saved by grace through faith,
live by faith,
feel the joy of faith,
do the work of faith.
Perceiving nothing in myself, may I find in Christ
wisdom, righteousness, sanctification,
redemption".

"But to see her was to love her,Love but her, and love forever."
--Robert Burns

"Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who ever have."
--Margaret Mead

"If there is anything better than to be loved, it is loving."
--Anonymous

“I just broke up with someone and the last thing she said to me was "You'll never find anyone like me again!" I'm thinking, "I should hope not! If I don't want you, why would I want someone like you."”- anonymous

"Where there is love there is life."
--Mahatma Gandhi

The heart has its reasons which the mind cannot comprehend."
--Blaise Pascal

"The cynic knows the price of everything and the value of nothing."
--Oscar Wilde

“If we're not supposed to eat animals, how come they're made out of meat?” – Tom Synder

It’s always too soon to quit - Norman Vincent Peale

“Do or do not, there is no try”

“Any man can win when things are going his way. It’s the man who overcomes adversity that is the true champion” – Jock Ewing

“The greatest glory in life lies not in never failing, but rising every time we fall” – Nelson Mandela

“He who angers you conquers you” – Elizabeth Kenny

Does evil exist? Did God create evil?


The University professor challenged his students with this question.

"Did God create everything that exists?"

A student bravely replied, "Yes he did!"

"God created everything?" The professor asked.

"Yes sir", the student replied.

The professor answered, "If God created everything, then God created evil,
since evil exists, and according to the principal that our works define who
we are, then God is evil."

The student became quiet before such an answer. The professor, quite pleased
with himself, boasted to the students that he had proven once more that the
Christian faith was a myth.

Another student raised his hand and said, "Can I ask you a question
professor?"

"Of course", replied the professor.

The student stood up and asked, "Professor does cold exist?"

"What kind of question is this? Of course it exists. Have you never been
cold?" The students snickered at the young man's question.

The young man replied, "In fact sir, cold does not exist. According to the
laws of physics, what we consider cold is in reality the absence of heat.
Every body or object is susceptible to study when it has or transmits
energy, and heat is what makes a body or matter have or transmit energy.
Absolute zero (-460? F) is the total absence of heat; all matter becomes
inert and incapable of reaction at that temperature. Cold does not exist. We
have created this word to describe how we feel if we have no heat."

The student continued, "Professor, does darkness exist?"

The professor responded, "Of course it does."

The student replied, "Once again you are wrong sir, darkness does not exist
either. Darkness is in reality the absence of light. Light we can study, but
not darkness. In fact we can use Newton's prism to break white light into
many colors and study the various wavelengths of each color. You cannot
measure darkness. A simple ray of light can break into a world of darkness
and illuminate it. How can you know how dark a certain space is? You measure
the amount of light present. Isn't this correct? Darkness is a term used by
man to describe what happens when there is no light present."

Finally the young man asked the professor, "Sir, does evil exist?"

Now uncertain, the professor responded, "Of course as I have already said.
We see it everyday. It is in the daily example of man's inhumanity to man.
It is in the multitude of crime and violence everywhere in the world. These
manifestations are nothing else but evil.

To this the student replied, "Evil does not exist sir, or at least is does
not exist unto itself. Evil is simply the absence of God. It is just like
darkness and cold, a word that man has created to describe the absence of
God. God did not create evil. Evil is the result of what happens when man
does not have God's love present in his heart. It's like the cold that comes
when there is no heat or the darkness that comes when there is no light."

The professor sat down.

The young man's name -- Albert Einstein