[jluetjen]

I haven't read any of the books listed so far -- but I'll check them out on my next trip to B&N since I have a discount coupon.

Not to beat a dead horse, but many of the reviews regarding "Conversations with God" keep beating on this idea of "Why do bad things happen if there is a God". If I walk up to a TV reporter (or for that matter IROC) and start beating the crap out of him -- why is that God's fault. Is it God's obligation to stop me from doing a something stupid? Even if the bad event is natural or random why is that God's "fault". I don't understand how that is God's explicit will any more then it's his hand causing a compulsive gambler to win big on a trip to Vegas. Neither event says anything specific about God's will, any more then a random ice crystal will tell you about why the Titanic sank.