Accepting God into One’s Life

Needless to say, when it comes to the acceptance or rejection of God, people around the world vary wildly.

Even those who believe that God created the universe may have a tough time accepting that God has a plan for them, and that everything, including a tragedy like losing a child in a school shooting, is part of that plan.

What lies behind this incredible variance in terms of neurology? It’s probably some combination of genetics and the way our parents raised us.

And let’s not minimize the latter.  Being born in the Americas, Europe, Oceana, or the Middle East normally means having a significant indoctrination into theism.  Those born in the rest of the world have close to zero chance of that.

I’ve always had a tough time believing that virtually all Japanese people (somewhere between 98 and 99%) are going to burn in hell.  If that idea works for you, fine, but it makes me angry.