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Writing this article is definitely stepping out of the comfort
zone for this Bible-believing, born again Christian. But over and
over, I’ve learned that whenever there’s an uncomfortable task or
situation…this is God’s way of stretching and growing me.
My assignment for this issue was to do a one-on-one with another faith I am totally unfamiliar with, or a belief that is not my own. I chose atheism (I learned the “a” isn’t capitalized). So I set out to try to understand the reasons why they believe or don’t believe. Since I have a rare form of Muscular Dystrophy, I was specifically interested in how they address the subject of suffering.
Our Lord’s birth was an Advent, a coming and arrival of unprecedented power and majesty into human history. When Jesus was born, salvation entered the human race in the form of a child.