If Gods in control why do bad thing happen to innocent good people?

Question

like cancer.... or other deadly sicknesses ?

Answer 1

I find the whole idea that some people try to control others through fear loathesome, don't you? "Do this, or the invisible man will punish you!" or "Don't do that, or the invisible man will punish you!" Worse still is the idea that we are all puppets for the invisible man's amusement, that He pulls our strings and makes things happen in our lives and all we can do is stand around looking stupid.

I don't deny anyone their beliefs, but I do resent people preaching those beliefs in an effort to get someone else to conform to whatever behavior he or she wishes them to conform to. Your spiritual beliefs are private and belong in your heart, in your home, and in your church. If you wish to participate in a religion that seeks to control your behavior through fear, so be it. I prefer the teachings of the New Testament myself.

Answer 2

Obvious. God doesn't think death is a bad thing.

God himself killed in the bible with remarkable frequency and violence. Every thing from the babies in Sodom and Gammorah to the newborns that drowned in Noah's Flood or died in egypt. And this includes people of pure innocence, like babies that have just been baptized and are therefore clean of all sin, including original sin.

Quite clearly, God doesn't view human deaths as a bad thing, or he wouldn't cause them on such a casual scale. The fact that WE consider death bad is apparently more of a tool than a concern. Sort of like when you threaten to take away a kids video game when he's been bad. The game isn't important to you, but the fact that it's important to the kid provides a method for manipulation, control, and dependence.

Answer 3

Firstly, no one is innocent, not even Christians. Every single person on this planet is sinful. And, just because you are a Christian, doesn't mean your life will be hassle free. Christians are still human and therefore vulnerable to natural disasters like drought, hurricanes and earthquakes however we have a different perspective in the way we view them. We know that these things aren't the worst thing that will ever happen to us - hell is.

What happens to us in this life is so meaningless. What we make of it, and what we do with God's gift of salvation through Jesus Christ is what counts. After this, everything falls into perspective.

Answer 4

When I was little, I was pestering some wasps around there nests because I thought they were cool to look at. My grand father came by me, asked me what I was doing & I liked & said nothing. He told me to leave the wasps alone & walked in the house. He could have stopped me by pulling me away or sosmething, but didn't. Guess what? Yea, I got stung sumething fierce. When I ran into the house, my grand father was the one who immediately helped me. Now I was not innocent, but he let me learn on my own, was there to help when I needed it & did so. Often we don't acknowledge God in many different ways & our idea of control is often whishing for a miracle to happen instead. We just don't usually see the whole picture & must trust that He does & will set things straight in the end.

Answer 5

God is ultimately in control of all things but He also gave man a free will to choose to live how ever man pleases, otherwise they would be just robots doing God's bidding.
Everything that happens to us has a spiritual significance of some nature behind it to show us how desperately we need God. God knows what He is doing. He doesn't make any mistakes.

Answer 6

Blame Satan but wickedness will be cut off from the world after Armageddon. God has given Satan the opportunity to prove that only God can be sovreign ruler of the universe. Humans choose to belong with Satan that is why the world is in such a mess.
Satan in the Garden of Eden challenged God and Adam and Eve chose to follow Satan and most of humanity still chooses to do so that is why corruption, poverty, war and disease are rampant on the Earth.
God can undo these things at his chosen time and those who choose not to repent and change will be cut off from the world.
The meek will inherit the Earth.

Answer 7

Prayer is the way to fight back. God doesn't cause the things to happen. If you think about it, man gave the rulebook to Satan in the beginning. God had given it to man, but God was still in control. God is still in control, but he uses everything Satan changes in the rulebook for good. Remember that if bad things didn't happen, you wouldn't turn out the way you will. You can take the bad occurences and say things bad against God, or you can trust him like Job. Job got seven times as much stuff as he had before his troubles began.

Answer 8

Because no one is innocent and good in his eyes. God went insane following the fall of his last chosen people in the land of Islam. He took his three swings and he's out of it.

Now we need science to lead, and science doesnt give any weight to being innocent and good. So we conclude that science is in fact working.

Answer 9

Because God gives us free will, and so we make bad choices that lead to bad things happening, and others make bad choices that will lead to bad things happening to other people (Such as murder/rape/robbery)
It's not this life that matters anyway. Once you get through this life and onto the next...you won't remember any of the bad from here. So, why bother about it?

Answer 10

FREE WILL. Why do u think you're GOOD? 1 lie ever committed by u will send u to Hell. Thats why Jesus came. "to seek and to save the LOST"

"for all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God." Romans 3:23