Re-imaging God in a post-tsunami world

Re-imaging God in a post-tsunami world - John Shelby Spong - Catholic New Times

The theistic God, because of great advances in human knowledge, has been rendered unbelievable.

A natural catastrophe like the tsunami brings these issues dramatically and urgently into full view. The defenders of the traditional understanding of God try to make sense out of this tragedy by postulating a deserving guilt on the part of its victims or by telling us that the will of God in this tragedy will be made clear in time. These arguments are simply not convincing...