Who would want anything to do with a God that allows so much murder, injustice, and pain of innocents?

Question

Innocent children die from starvation and aids every day. Every day innocent people suffer genocide, torture, persecution, disease, and death

If there was a conscious God responsible for all this, allowing it to continue, why would anyone want anything to do with him/her/it?

Answer 1

news flash its not god its our corrupted judicial system. it only works for the criminal.

Answer 2

You should go to a bible class once at a church or call one and sit down with the pastor. This is a basic question and it is obvious that
you do not have a relationship with God or you would not feel this way.
You would know that he is all about love. He also wants us to
choose him which is why he has given us "free will". He doesn't
want slaves or robots. He wants people to come to him on their
own by their free will. Even if it means he has to sit by and watch
alot of people choose to reject him. You need to read the books of
genesis and Exodus. This will give you an alternative to the forced fed teaching of the evolution you learned in school. I am
not saying that even with this information you will believe the
same as I do.( I am a Lutheran Christian.) However than you
will be able to make your own choice and decision based on
evolution and religion. I hope you chose to learn about God. You
will be amazed and inspired like never before. However if you do
not. Peace be with you and God bless. Only you can decide.

Answer 3

Because God gave us the choice to follow him or NOT to follow him, and because of Adam and Eve's disobedience, sin was borne into the world. This is where all these injustices were conceived. While it's sad that people are starving, and innocent people are murdered, God is STILL in control. I believe he allows it as a message to all the world. NONE of this suffering would be happening to us if we loved GOD as unconditionally as HE loves US. It pains HIM greatly to see this suffering, but he gave man over to his sins, and we have to pay a price for that.

Answer 4

Freewill bud.....WE are responsible for this, not God. Don't use God as a scapegoat here. We have the capability to solve and end these problems but our pride, prejudice and greed get in the way. Once we are rid of those, then progress can be made. But don't blame God for the horrors we cause...I feel that God weeps at the mess we've made.

Answer 5

I don't think anyone would-but God is not responsible for all the suffering of the world. He is who we can run to for protection and hope. If God were to end suffering-then he would have to smite man from the face of the earth...because the evil lies within man and that's what causes it. But...I believe that the power of God's love can bring out the good in people, too...they just have to decide...do they allow their evil nature to take charge or do they allow God to take charge. Luckily, there are still people who are willing to let God take charge...they are the ones who work endlessly trying to ease suffering and provide comfort and hope.

Most people kind of straddle the fence...they allow the good, but they do not completely purge the evil (for instance, a mother providing unconditional love to her child yet lying to or gossiping about her best friend).

So if you are looking for someone to blame for all the evil and suffering in the world...blame man...if you are looking for refuge and hope...turn to God.

Of course, man does not cause natural disasters...but when they strike, we can turn to God.

Answer 6

God is allowing these things because the rejection of his intervention by our ancestor Adam.
He is not guilty of apathy , all those "innocents", will have their blood accounted for .
You need to get educated on what the issue really is. It is about whether God has the right to rule. All the suffering you see is a result of humans rejecting God's intervention after their forefather Adam.

Answer 7

Don't try to blame GOD for everyone else's action's... For the wages of sin is death .(Romans 6:23) we are all on death roll.. as it is appointed unto men once to die but after this the judgement.(Hebrews9:27) (romans 5:8) But GOD commendeth his love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ did for us..
Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.

Romans 3: 10-20
As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after GOD. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: Their feet are sweft to shed blood: Destruction and misery are in their ways: And the way of peace have they not known: There is no fear of GOD before their eyes. Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before GOD. Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

and if people would stop having sex with just any and everyone there would a smaller amount of people living with aids... THAT IS PEOPLE'S FAULT MY FRIEND....

AND I TAKE HONOR IN SERVING GOD... HE IS THE ONLY WAY... EVERY OTHER WAY LEADS TO HELL...

Answer 8

Romans 8:17,18
And if children,then heirs:
Heirs of God, and joint-heirs with
Christ: if so be that we suffer
with him, that we may be also
glorified together.
For I recon that the sufferings
of this present time are not worthy
to be compared with the glory
which shall be revealed in us.


Matthew 19:14
But Jesus said, suffer little
children, and forbid them not, to
come unto me: for of such is the
Kingdom of Heaven.

You see we gain strength through suffering. God doesn't inflict such on someone that he/she could not handle. If God took care of all this and removed all disease and suffering, we wouldn't find our inner strength that he knows we all have.

Answer 9

I would! I would want everything and anything to do with a God that allows so much! There is more then just negative, look at all the good! Those peoples time will come for their punishment, or maybe it already has come for them, think of all the evil people dead already, trust me they are paying for it.

Answer 10

My God is non-interventionist, so as far as I'm concerned, it is humanity that allows so much murder, injustice and pain of innocents.

Fundies will say it's Satan that does all the bad stuff, but isn't that just a way for humanity to dodge blame? Why yes, yes it is.

Answer 11

You are way off base. God designed the world to be perfect, and when we disobeyed him, evil was let into the world. We have to live with the ramifications of our actions, no matter how long ago it was. God can't do anything to interceed because we would have evidence of his exhistance. God wants us to choose to believe in him, and if we know that he is there, we don't have the option of FAITH. I believe in God, because he is not doing these evil things to us, people are doing these things to each other. Don't blame him because there are evil people in this world.