Blind religion vs. obvious Truth.

Interesting discussion on if God is control of everything. I tend to agree with your view on this MST, although the way that the author worded it in his post, the one vektek linked to, I didn't agree with his explanation of it. Here is my take:

God the Father is the force that is behind and inside everything in the universe. In one sense I think that God is in control because if he wanted to he could change everything or destroy everything but I don't think that God "wants" anything, this is a human emotion that God does not have. I think for the most part God allows us to make our own choices but he is always calling us back to Him in the deepest part of our hearts for anyone that will listen. God is most certainly in control of SOME things, especially through his true servants that have surrendered their will to His.

On the other hand it is also possible that God is in control of absolutely everything and He even could be guiding all of the terrible things and evil forces toward a goal of helping people to come back to Him. Sometimes I do think bad things can happen that serve a divine purpose.

Overall, either is possible and the real answer is only possible to know for sure if you have received divine revelation personally. Like many other topics in Christianity, the scriptures can be used to prove either side of the argument depending on your own personal bias or tradition. But certainly, I think we can agree that God is a guiding force on the earth and beyond.