“For by him were
all things created; things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible,
whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created
through him and for him.”
- Colossians 1:16 (NKJV)
Saint
Anselm of Canterbury – a Benedictine monk, philosopher and Archbishop first
posed, in the 11th century, the ontological argument for the
existence of God. He argued that the greatest good is when everyone
maximizes his or her talents. Because nothing can be conceived greater
than this power of greatest good and if it can exist in the mind, it (God)
exists in reality. Saint Anselm stated that omnipotence and perfect
goodness do not conflict because it is the cumulative greatest power.
That is why God does not choose evil - because God being the most powerful will
always choose love, which results in the greatest power and perfection.
Then why
does God allow us to suffer when he is good? My answer is because we are
his children (our souls are made in his image) but we are not he. God
loves us and like our own children who we love, we need to grow and maximize
our talents. We cannot grow and become whole if all our problems
are solved for us. Like a good parent, God supports us, sent Jesus Christ
who was perfect in love to be our savior and teacher, and intervenes through
the Holy Spirit and each other. We have the power to choose love
over evil. Evil is no thing. Evil is given power and spread through
our own thoughts and resulting actions. If we wish others well and serve
them as Jesus did, we create a greater good and the garden God always intended
the earth to be.
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