www.Here-I-am

by Russell Stannard

Sam didn’t think much of religion. What with science being able to explain almost everything about us and about the world we live in, there didn’t seem much point to believing in God any more. And, besides, if there was a God who cared about us and was all-powerful, there wouldn’t be suffering and poverty and war, would there?But then came the day Sam was exploring the Internet, and stumbled across God’s website! At least, that was what it claimed to be. But who knows? It could have been some sort of joke—the work of a hacker. Sam decides to investigate, and becomes engrossed in conversations with the mysterious person on the other end. Together they explore the great questions arising out of evolution, astronomy, cosmology, the laws of nature, and the possibility of miracles. Not that Sam knew much science. Fortunately the stranger was able to explain the science from scratch in a way that Sam could understand. They also tackled the problems of evil, suffering, and death; that really