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Evil and God's Goodness. Love does not coerce or CAUSE a response – it desires, lures, and attracts a response, but it does not compel. I therefore do not believe that God CAUSES anything. Everything that happens, happens out of the potentials of the present and restraints of the past. The lure of God’s love is one of the potentials that is always present in every moment, but it is not the only one. And it may not be the one that is accepted to guide the choices made.
Jesus: The Way, The Truth, The Life.
I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
This verse is not grounds for urgently converting everyone to Christianity lest their souls perish in hell. It is however, grounds for engaging in dialogue with people of other faiths: What is their “way?” In what manner does their Way lead to the truth that gives life? And, if we are truly in dialogue, we will also be challenged to examine our own beliefs and practices – do they lead to the truth that gives life?
