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...problem of evil is not solved by taking God out of the equation. Rather, it is made unsolvable. In the aftermath of situations like September 11th, people don’t turn away from God, they cry out to Him in grief, confusion, and anger. Even those that reject God can only do so because they know there’s a God to turn their back on. Every atheist can describe the kind of God they don’t believe...
...Godless universe. You must either have enough money or power to create your own personal universe and sustain notions of your personal sovereignty within it, or be so out of touch with the world as to believe you really are an existential island. It took an event like September 11th to break through our illusions of control and get us realize that this crazy world is in control, just not our own. When we get knocked off our vaulted thrones of security, God remains...
...knowledge of these things doesn’t make the aftershocks of September 11th any less painful, heartbreaking or draining. But it does give me solace to know that someone else really does know what I’m going through, cares more about each person who died that day than even their own families, and remains in control even when my world feels like it’s coming down around...
...Qaeda spokesman Sulaiman Abu Ghaith appeared on Qatar's Al Jazeera network Tuesday congratulating the men who hijacked the four planes involved in the September 11th attacks, and promising a massive holy war against the U.S. "America must know that the storm of airplanes will not stop and there are thousands of young people who look forward to death like the Americans look forward to life," he said. Concerned that the terrorist organization might have used the broadcast to transmit "a message" to waiting terrorist cells, Secretary of State Colin Powell assigned analysts to examine every aspect of the transmission...
...Public opinion remains firmly behind the White House: Polls taken during the first twelve hours of the attacks showed nearly 90 percent of Americans support the retaliatory strikes against Osama bin Laden and the Taliban. Bin Laden is suspected of having orchestrated the September 11th terrorist attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Centers that left some 6,000 people dead...