aaronidiot

So last night I got a piece of mail from a friend of mine, that I grew up with in Nebraska. It was a paper entitled, "How Can a Good God Allow Evil?"

First I must note that I came from an uber-conservative christian family, which isn't all that rare in Nebraska. Most of my friends from back home are christians. They are often upset by the fact that I do not hold the same values dear that they do. I in fact have a huge personal problem with the church as a whole, not as a concept, but as a whole. I don't believe the church today is effective in its current form. Thus my belief in God, but not a focused belief. I believe he exists, but beyond that, I have no real opinion. For me, living a good life is more based on karma, and not because by doing nice things I expect nice things, but rather by doing nice things, what reason do I give people to hate me? Anyways, I'm drifting from the subject at hand.

"How Can a Good God Allow Evil?" - Things like this frustrate me more than I can explain. In my view of things, I believe God created evil. God created all things, therefore, he created evil. Without God, evil would not be possible. Which in turn makes God responsible for all things that make me horribly sick today. Now being that I've told my friends this, there are many people praying for my soul every single day. This is no joke. My friends are truly good friends, and they do care for me deeply, and they bring their worries to God about me, and pray that my faith with return.

You must also note about these friends, they are true christians, not the type who go to church and say one thing, but in their personal lives are much different. These are the core beings of religion and faith. Many of them will most assuredly lead churches in the near future, and some of them already do. These are very devout people, and I have the greatest respect for them.

So back to the paper ...

My big issue with this paper started before I even read the body of it. How can a good God allow evil? Because he plans to wipe it from the face of the earth eventually. He is going to come and save the world from its sins. Great, he is going to save us from the same thing he has inflicted upon us. For me to have faith in a God that would do something like that is not something I am capable of. Of course, that is the entire point of faith. And I am too logical a person to have such a faith.

Blah, I wasn't happy reading the paper, and now I'm discussing it. What is wrong with me?

So on the 22nd, the Improv Asylum is screening films that members of the Asylum have been involved in recently (such as ones done in the 48 hour film festival). I'm looking forward to that with great anticipation. So many of those people are hillarious, and it will also be my first chance to see the director's cut of the film I was in. I'm so stoked! And that song I had to sing in it. I still laugh every time I think about it. God I was such a friggin cheese in that scene.

I think I'm going to see Peter's show again this weekend. This time though I'll have to make mental notes on what specific songs struck me as stunning, as I want to play with him and those songs a bit.

That sums up the random stream of thought my brain produced for the last hour.

My buddy Sully dropped in a while ago and told me about an interview he just had with Emerson. He said it went really well, which means I will soon have a lunch buddy again ... hopefully.

-Aaron