By justifiably unknown & ignored philosopher-historian-theologian David L Lewis
Have told the story many times because it has proved too true: In 1974 Evangelist Billy Graham said, Every problem we solve creates two new, unintended problems which we would not have had it we’d not solved the first problem. The problem is now so complex there is No answer. In 1974!
Believe it or not they ‘solved’ a lot of problems in last 50 years, result being it’s getting a bit scary out there. Have you been watching the “News” lately? No, not the ‘our-way-or-the-highway’ shows which use ‘news’ stories to keep attention of their target (i.e. money) audience. Rather, are you watching what is actually going on in the world? If not, DON’T!
If you knew everything bad that was going to happen worldwide in next ten minutes, the volume of information would drive you mad: Wars and rumors of war, earthquakes and volcanoes in numerous places, plague and famine, economies built on fiat currency backed only by shifting sand of hubris. Just name most the obvious.
In keeping up with all this, one YouTube channel I follow is Rev. Ed Trevers, an Anglican Priest in the Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. No, he’s not always right; but, e is a straight-talking guy with true gift of teaching. In one of his videos he asked a good question: What would you do if you were God? Don’t pretend to know what God would do, and certainly doubt my ability to out-think Him. But, in my observation this would be THE Answer:
First, all us folk who are going to heaven anyhow should go-ahead and go off to heaven, anyhow. Surely there would be hundreds of us?
Next, all those folks who aren’t going to heaven anyhow should go-ahead and go to wherever folks who don’t go to heaven go, anyhow.
In a million years or so some of us folk in heaven could visit earth and see how it’s doing without humans to solve problems.
Of course, those of us in heaven will miss favorite son-in-law. I mean what with him being over there in Libertarian heaven.
Overall I think it’s THE Answer, and pretty sure Billy and Ed would agree.
TheHeavenBoundDaddy!
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