Thanks for taking the time to write this.  I really appreciate it.  Yes, I feel the same way, that we have messed up the planet.  i can see why some would blame God since he made us.  One sad thing is that there are many of us who would not mess up the planet, but we have to be a part of the collective whole who does.  They are the one who control that because they have all the money and resources.  I think the main reason I wrote that blog is that yes, I know stuff happens and all that, but people are always talking about the miracle they received from God.  It would be way easier for me to accept all the bad things, if it were not for those who inform us of these proclaimations.  So, it bothers me when someone says, for example, "I had cancer and by the grace of God, I am cured";  Whereas, others pray and pray and believe and they may die at 40 of cancer, no matter what they did.  So, it would be far more easy to accept good people dying if not for those who say they are only alive because they prayed to God. 

The answer to your question, is yes, I  would want them to live forever.  Sorry, if that sounds weird, but some people are so precious and I don't think anyone who is good should ever have to die.  I just lost an ex-boyfriend to cancer.  He was 7 yrs older than me and he battled it 10 years, in and out of hospitals with operations and such.  My other ex-boyfriend would have been far more deserving, if anyone is, lol.  I'm sorry about your dad.  Yes, I know we are upset for ourselves, but also for them because they don't get to be here.  Life is a great thing, but the death thing is not good.  I do believe our death is very greatly affected by the pollution man does to the earth.  So, we deserve to have the cancer rate 1 in 3 (quickly approaching 1 in 2), but on the other hand, there are some of us who would not pollute the earth and are helpless to die at the hands of those who do.  For all the greatness man does, his system overall is extremely flawed and self-destructive.  It is hard to be proud to be a part of it at times.  To answer your other question, yes, it would be good if life was easy, life in general, sports and the like could still be hard. 

I have tried to read the road less traveled and was not able to comprehend it at all, so it isn't a book for me.  I read at a graduate level, but could not read it.  The 700 Club, well, I watch it because I think Pat Robertson is a very good person and he really believes in God.  I like to watch those who I feel are sincere, which is why I watch Joyce Meyer ( http://curezone.com/blogs/m.asp?f=1184&i=43), also.  Your comment helps a lot, but accepting bad things happening to good people is especially hard right now because my cousin is dying of cancer and he is only 52 and has kids who are just starting college.  He is a good person and never smoked or drank or cheated, yet his cancer is the type that smokers and drinkers get, the drs told him.  It makes no sense to me that he should die and leave these kids without a father and then you hear others saying they prayed and got healed of cancer.  I don't know how well I am going to be at accepting such things, but thanks for your comment.

Torrie