God Is Imaginary - Proof 23

== Proof #23 - Listen to the Doxology ==
In this 'proof' there is a lot of references to songs and churches and the faith of men. I'll repeat once more that a religion is not logically judged by the actions of its followers, their failures or successes. It is judged on its own merits.
Having said that, if you weed through all the unnecessary parts, MB makes the point that the Bible teaches that God is the source of all blessings. That's actually hard to show since there is no single verse that explicitly says that (which is why MB goes to a song instead), but we can easily grant that the Bible teaches it implicitly and move on.
His argument, though, is nothing more than the argument from evil. "If God is the source of all blessings, then why is there suffering in the world?" There is suffering in the world because man has the free will to reject God and when man rejects God, suffering tends to follow. For example, part of the reason people are starving in Africa is because when America tries to send food, warlords hijack it and keep it for themselves so that they retain power. America does not see that it is its place to take over those countries and eliminate the warlords.
Furthermore, God's perspective is that of spiritual things. As Ephesians 1:3 says, all spiritual blessings are in Christ. So it is about choosing to follow after God, to follow the plan of salvation, so that one can be in Christ and receive those blessings. Yes, God is the source of all blessings, but there is no promise anywhere in scripture that all men of all time would receive all blessings always.
In Truth and Love.