You see
the cruelty and the wrong around you. And you say to yourselves: 'He has
ordered it. If He would, He could have willed it differently.' So that
in your hearts you are angry with Him. How could it be otherwise? What
father, loving his children, would see them suffer wrong, when by
stretching out a hand he could protect them: turn their tears to
gladness? What father would see his children doing evil to one another
and not check them: would see them following ways leading to their
destruction, and not pluck them back? If God has ordered all things, why
has He created evil, making His creatures weak and sinful? Does a father
lay snares for his children: leading them into temptation: delivering
them unto evil?"
"There is no God, apart from Man."
"God is a spirit. His dwelling-place is in man's heart. We are His
fellow-labourers. It is through man that He shall one day rule the
world."
"God is knocking at your heart, but you will not open to Him. You have
filled your hearts with love of self. There is no room for Him to enter
in.
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