My father used to hit me.
He would often leave my mother alone with us kids.
I once saw him kill a helpless animal with his bare hands.
With that information you could understandably come to the conclusion that my
dad was a tyrant.
But listen to some missing information. If I ever lied or
stole, my dad cared enough to correct me on the seat of my learning, and for
that I greatly respected him and stayed on the straight and narrow. The reason
he left my mom each day was to work hard as a carpenter and provide food for
our table. And that animal he killed... It was a large bird that had been
struck by a car and had been left to die on the side of the road. He put the
poor animal out of its misery, and it grieved him to do so.
With that knowledge you can now see that my dad wasn't a
tyrant. He was a loving and kind father.
Because Richard Dawkins takes a few facts about God out of
context, Dawkins foolishly believes that God is an evil tyrant. But God
graciously gives Dawkins every breath he breathes. God graciously gives Dawkins
time to repent & be saved.
--Ray Comfort (adapted)
