Let's say, for example, you had made a planet filled with 6 billion people. You all gave them free will.
It turned out that the free will of 3 billion people didn't care about the fact that the other 3 billion people live in poverty, hunger or starvation.
You also saw that the rich 3 billion people kept on using free will as an excuse to get richer, and let the other 3 billion people get poorer and poorer. The 3 billion poor people also have free will, but their free will didn't really count, because the free will of the rich 3 billion was superior.
Wouldn't you change it, if you came to realise that what you made, didn't really work out the way you hoped it would when you made it ?
Or would you do as all the previous Higher Powers, that kept hiding themselves behind the useless empty argument "oh, but they have free will" ?
2006-07-23 10:59:55 · 12 answers · asked by Thinx 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
if it would be up to me on this world would not be rich or poor people we would be all the same...but then again im too small for such a big world
2006-07-24 22:51:29 · answer #1 · answered by ioana i 2 · 6⤊ 1⤋
It wouldn't be free will, if nothing bad could happen. Perhaps it's up to the people with the free will to have the will to change. How many great humanitarians were rich? Were Harriet Tubman, MLK, Sojourner Truth, Mother Teresa, Jesus Christ, or Elizabeth Cady Stanton rich? If I'm to follow your numbers and line of reasoning, that would mean some of the people who don't care about others' suffering are suffering. And while it's easy to place the blame on the rich or the omnipotent, perhaps the blame rests with those who waste their time asking questions meant to offend rather than volunteering the excess spare time that they obviously have on their hands with the local soup kitchen.
2006-07-23 11:11:17 · answer #2 · answered by Crys H. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not god deciding it all. It's powerful species. Predators normally win, and that is the way of all animal and plant species (which we are one of).
In turn, the fear of predator is what has evolved into ingenuity and creativity. Would you get rid of those too? You do know about evolution, right? No-one "put" six billion people there...
Like creating a good tv programme, if I were God I've have it this way. So much more interesting to watch than everyone
2006-07-23 11:08:58 · answer #3 · answered by AzaC 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What if poor is not the worst thing you can be? What if sick or hungry or suffering is not the worst thing you can be?
My grandparents lived through the depression. The depression wasn't good. But they matured and learned what was important in life because of their experiences. As they got money, they gave money to those who needed it.
In the parable of the rich man and Lazarus, Abraham tells the rich man that during his life of ease, he had his reward. Frankly, I'd like better than what this life has to offer.
Many of the Psalms that David wrote deal with not being envious of the wicked when they prosper. God deals with them. We are never meant to trust in wealth, anyway. We are to trust in Him.
It's easy to be angry at the rich, but it's generally those who care little for riches that are most willing to help others. We can't get caught up what others are not doing. We need to focus on doing what we are able, and trust God to bless our efforts.
This life is not about balancing power or money. It's about learning to depend on Him.
2006-07-23 12:11:30 · answer #4 · answered by Contemplative Chanteuse IDK TIRH 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You mean (briefly) if I were God, would I destroy the earth and rebuild it if people do not behave the way I want them to?
Probably, or I may leave this one alone and go build a better one elsewhere.
You think that world probably already exists and perhaps we would find them one day? Maybe we can call them aliens, right?
2006-07-23 11:06:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'll pray for you. Go back and read how the story ends. The unjust will be punished. God is not slack concerning His promise, as men count slackness, but is longsuffering, not willing that any should perish, but all come unto repentance.
2006-07-23 11:04:22 · answer #6 · answered by Wise ol' owl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Friend you really have no idea what free will means. The laws of the God will not change beause of your wishes.
2006-07-23 11:06:28 · answer #7 · answered by A K 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. (Good argument, but wait and see how many answers you get from those who think you're an atheist.)
2006-07-23 11:06:12 · answer #8 · answered by NannyMcPhee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Prepare to receive several dozen "he works in mysterious ways" answers.
Sigh.
2006-07-23 11:03:09 · answer #9 · answered by wrathpuppet 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
***SIGH***
Ok, God will JUDGE the Earth and those that do wrong 1 Chorinthians 4:5
When GOD decides it is time. NOT in your time but HIS - Got it? He is God. He is Judge. NOT YOU!
2006-07-23 11:51:32 · answer #10 · answered by helpme1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋