Dr Craig last podcast we discussed an article by an atheist blogger I see his blog everywhere

Jonathan M. S. Pierce and I've come to find out this week that he's been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and so we want to as we've done in the past in fact we've we've interacted with some of the things that Jonathan has written in the past, and now he's had this unfortunate diagnosis, and I know that he wouldn't mind us saying our thoughts and prayers are with him.

My sister.

I want to say to Jonathan that when I read this,

my heart just goes out to you.

I also have a congenital neuromuscular disorder, sharkomore tooth syndrome and every day I struggle

with the atrophy in my hands and in my legs that is progressing as I grow older.

I see these muscles wasting away and despite exercise and a real regimen to try to hone myself, it's ultimately

a losing battle.

And so my heart really goes on to you, Jonathan, for this.

And I just want to let you know that despite this sort of impairment and affliction that you can prosper and flourish even in the

midst of this that something good can come out of it in some way if you respond to it in the proper way

not with bitterness and anger but in a proper sort of way and and God has used my

neuromuscular disease in my life to shape me very much into the kind of person that I am today.

It has affected me emotionally, intellectually, physically, and so there can be something in this

that God can use in your life too if you will let him. I'll have to mention that my sister-in-law was

diagnosed with MS right around 1990 and so I too know what it's like to have it in the

family and so Bill I wanted to add that to what you just said there.

Now what's a philosopher in theology going to do when he gets this diagnosis? He says,

as many of you know, I've recently been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.

As is my want, I would like to see how this works within the light of some theology and

philosophy of religion, especially in the light of some theology and philosophy of religion,

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