If Jehovah/Yahweh loves everyone........?

Question

Why does he allow millions of innocents, including Christians, to die every moment by gun or storm? Why did he allow Satan to wander the earth? Why did he place the tree of knowledge in Eden if it was bad? Why did he only allow people who knew of god before "Christ" came, enter heaven but he didn't provide oppertunity to people around the world like say, the Japanese?

PS I'm asking all this to challenge Christians and Jews.
PSS I'm Nihilist so don't believe in anything.
PSSS Don't say I'll go to Hell for not believing in Jehovah.

Don't believe in a hell. Nihilist.

Answer 1

Well let's clear up the hell thing right now. Jehovah doesn't have a hell...he doesn't torture people. When a person is dead, they are dead.
http://www.watchtower.org/library/w/2002/7/15/article_02.htm

Not eating from The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Bad was the only "law" that Jehovah gave Adam and Eve. It wasn't hard to obey because the Garden was filled with other beautiful trees to eat from. The tree represented his sovereignty or "right to rule". Satan got Adam and Eve to join him in a rebellion against God by eating from that tree. And it wasn't as if they didn't know exactly what would happen if they ate from it. God told them they would possitively Die. And on that day, that is exactly what began to happen.

At Matthew 11:11 Jesus said, "Truly I say to YOU people, Among those born of women there has not been raised up a greater than John the Baptist; but a person that is a lesser one in the kingdom of the heavens is greater than he is."
The heavenly hope was only opened up after Jesus was resurrected. Anyone who died before Jesus didn't go to heaven as indicated by the above words. The are awaiting a resurrection to the Earth.

As far as Satan wandering the earth, that is all part of the "cleaning process" First the heavens were cleansed of him, and soon the earth will be also.

I am going to include some links that talk about these very subjects in more detail. I hope you take the time to look them up.
http://www.watchtower.org/library/pr/index.htm?article=article_06.htm
http://www.watchtower.org/library/t15/peaceful.htm
http://www.watchtower.org/library/w/2004/10/1/article_01.htm

Answer 2

the tree was placed in the garden so that Eve could take the fruit;her and Adam cast out;Cain can kill Able;Noah can build the ark;Jesus can be crucified;etc,etc,etc.
if god has all knowledge,and knows the future as it says in the bible,then he knew the chain of events he was putting into motion from the very beginning.
sounds like he stacked the deck doesn't it?
but then men have always been incapable of creating a god that doesn't have the same faults as themselves.
if mankind grew up and accepted responsibility for their own actions there would be no need for a god to blame all our shortcomings on.
who me?god said all have sinned.god created man in his image.does this mean god is the original sinner?
by the way,as an after thought,if god created all that is in the heavens and on earth,then who created Satan?you know,Satan,the fallen angel,cast out from heaven because he questioned gods right to be god?since god created the angels,then he also created Satan.and if he created Satan,then any evil Satan has was created by god,since only god can create.
once again,stack the deck and then tell us we all have free will.free will?makes as much sense as any thing else religious fanatics preach.

Answer 3

Because He has the power to bring justice and life of the dead back by resurrection. This is why the Bible says in the book of Hebrews and other places "Vengence is mine and I will repay saith Yahu'eh". Also this is why Yahu'eh will have the last laugh as is told about in the Proverbs of Solomon.

To allow us to have free will choice to be able to know the difference between good and evil is the reason for the tree of knowledge of good and evil, but they had a choice to either eat the fruit or not to. So the consequences of this chioce to transgressing the law of Yahu'eh of Adam and Kauah/Eve is come upon us all!

The Japanese it is believed by some researchers were visited by ancient Isreali from the northern kingdom of Israel from the Diasporia so they knew of Yahu'eh. We know the tribe of Manesses/Manashasha went to India and China also. Apostle Thomas followed these people and preached the Gospel of Yahu'shua to them in the East. The Nestorian Stone tells of the evangel being preached in the east who also kept the law of Yahu'eh concerning the seventh day sabbath. We all were making choices which resulted in our own ignorance.

Suffering is ussually a result of human choices which they ultimately blame on thier Creator Yahu'eh. He also gave us Yahu'shua the Messiah to cause us to have grace or mercy enough to fogive those that are repentant so vengence will not consume all of us in the end. Yahu'shua died for us to take our place as the perfect human who could stop the results of one man Adam sinning in the garden of Eden and thus passing transgression of the law of Yahu'eh on to the whole human race. So by one perfect human paying the price all humans can be forgiven and live on forever in a new age if they will accept the forgivness, acknowledge they need to be forgiven and want this perfect resurrected Saviour to be the Lord of thier lives. This ultimately satisfies the justice Yahu'eh demands of us all and is why He allows all of us to suffer now for a short time so it can be rectified in the end through his mercy and judgement.

Answer 4

God created man with a free will so we would not be robots. The wars etc in the world are not caused by God but he allows them to occur because of free will. Also, remember that Satan is a created being and is the ruler of the world, but he does not have any power over any one of us unless we allow him to do so.
God is still in control.

Answer 5

God had to give us all free will. When we sin, we allow things like death and other bad things to happen to us; God has no control over free will and that is why evil is in this world. Humans create death, war, and destruction -- not God. Because of this, our acts sometimes affect other's lives as well. But I do agree with you that if anyone hasn't heard of Christ, they shouldn't go to hell.

Answer 6

It's either he is powerless or doesn't exist.

There is no way I can believe a all-powerful god can stand by and see the day to day horror and suffering on earth just because it is a test and he is proving something. I don't believe the so called devil and his demons free-will to torture is above the righteous suffering just so others can prove themselves righteous.

I choose not to worship this type of god personally.

Answer 7

I Think you should ask God yourself,
i dont think that you don't believe, i think you are mad at GOD,
i understand that,
God is a mystery that is why we are mortals, and do not have a clue of his entire energy, and reasons,

He or something invented you, it was a very brilliant explosion,, huh.?
OR A COMBO OR A LOT OF INTELLIGENT GASES?
OR, DID you invent YOURSELF?

What about fingerprints, DNA, all humans are similar yet unique, is that lucky gas?

MOTHER NATURE DID THE STORMS,
WAR IS CAUSED BY MAN AND GREED AND EVIL,,

Answer 8

In answer to your PSSS comment. The Bible teaches that Hell is the grave not a place of torment. The Bible teaches that the dead are not conscious. There for when you die you will go to hell or the grave.

Answer 9

This is an excellent question, and Jehovah's Witnesses teach that the bible offers a very satisfying answer:

Read more:
http://www.watchtower.org/library/w/2001/5/15/article_01.htm
http://www.watchtower.org/library/w/2003/1/1/article_01.htm
http://www.watchtower.org/library/w/2004/7/1/article_01.htm
http://www.watchtower.org/library/jt/index.htm

Answer 10

Our Creator does not promote or agree with teachings of Karma, rebirth cycles, or an immortal soul that may suffer in a later existence. Yet if we realize what the effects of Adam’s sin are, we can better understand why suffering exists today.

From Where Did Suffering Come?

While it is hard to comprehend the whole scope of human suffering, using the right instrument can help. Just as using binoculars helps us to see distant objects more clearly, using the Bible enables us to discern the cause of suffering.

For one thing, the Bible alerts us to the fact that “time and unforeseen occurrence” befall all humans. (Ecclesiastes 9:11) For example, Jesus referred to a news item of his day—18 people were killed when a tower fell on them. He made it clear that these victims were not worse sinners than others. (Luke 13:1-5) They suffered because they were in the wrong place at the wrong time. But the Bible goes beyond that, providing satisfying information as to the prime causes of suffering. What information?

After the first humans sinned, the divine Judge, Jehovah, ruled that they had forfeited any right to continue living. In the years until they actually died, Adam and Eve faced considerable suffering. It was suffering that they had brought upon themselves—the effects of aging and sickness, the struggle to eke out a living, and the grief of seeing their family shattered by jealousy and violence. (Genesis 3:16-19; 4:1-12) It is important to fix in mind where the blame for all that suffering primarily rested. They brought it on themselves. Even so, how can we understand why suffering continues down till our day?

Although many people would object to being considered sinners, the Bible puts the facts in proper perspective, saying: “Through one man sin entered into the world and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men because they had all sinned.” (Romans 5:12) The first human couple reaped the consequences of their own harmful course, but their offspring were affected too. (Galatians 6:7) Their progeny inherited imperfection, leading to death. Some find this more understandable when they consider the scientific fact that even now children may inherit diseases or defects from their parents. This can be so with hemophilia, thalassemia (Mediterranean anemia), coronary artery disease, one type of diabetes, and even breast cancer. The children are not personally at fault, yet they may suffer as a result of what they have inherited.

Our genetic ancestors, Adam and Eve, chose to reject Jehovah’s way of ruling mankind. You know from history that humans have tried all sorts of governments in an effort to rule the earth. Some men and women involved in these efforts were well-intentioned. Yet, how do you evaluate the results of man’s self-rule? Has most human suffering been relieved? Hardly. On the contrary, many policies and national wars have amplified suffering. Some 3,000 years ago, a wise ruler observed: “Man has dominated man to his injury.”—Ecclesiastes 8:9.

Do you see the situation as being much different now, perhaps better? Most would answer no. Many men, women, and children suffer not only because of inherited sin and imperfection but because of what they or others have done. Think of the human mismanagement of the earth, which is often due to greed. Men are guilty, too, of causing pollution, creating poverty, and contributing to hunger or to disease epidemics. Even some natural disasters, which many call acts of God, are man-made. There is another major cause of suffering that is usually overlooked.

The Person Behind the Suffering

One book of the Bible is especially revealing as to what the prime cause of suffering is and why the caring Creator has permitted it. This book, Job, can clarify any blurred vision on the matter of suffering. It does so by offering insight into the invisible realm, where certain key events occurred.

Some 3,500 years ago, shortly before Moses wrote the first Bible books, the man Job lived in what is now Arabia. The record shows that Job was upright, benevolent, and well respected. He had great wealth in the form of livestock, even being called “the greatest of all the Orientals.” On a personal level, Job had a fine family—a wife, seven sons, and three daughters. (Job 1:1-3; 29:7-9, 12-16) One day, a messenger rushed in to report that some of Job’s valuable herds had been plundered by a raiding band. Soon another reported the loss of flocks of Job’s sheep. Then the Chaldeans took away his 3,000 camels, killing all but one of the attendants. Finally came the worst news. An unusual wind devastated the house of his firstborn and killed all his children, who were gathered there. Faced with such suffering, would Job blame God? How would you have felt in his place?—Job 1:13-19.

More calamities were to come, though. Job was afflicted with a horrible disease that covered him with malignant boils. He became so sick and repugnant that his wife blamed God. “Curse God and die!” she said. Job did not know why he was suffering, yet he would not accuse God of causing it. We read: “In all this Job did not sin with his lips.”—Job 2:6-10.