no offense meant but watching the discovery channel, all the cruelty could make someone think that god is cruel.
parasites controlling a caterpillar's brain as a host while feeding on it.
birds eating other birds and their eggs
lions killing lion cubs which are not theirs
chimps ruling their tribe using terror
there are mounds of other evidence pointing against a loving christian god.
animals by the way never ate the fruit of knowledge of good and evil so they are supposed to be sinless. but why so much cruelty?
i cant imagine an aligator eating grapes or grass. carnivores eat meat. most of them harrass their prey.i think that leaves god out of the equation in life.
no smart @ss answers please.
2006-09-07 13:18:20 · 16 answers · asked by lnfrared Loaf 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
That is one reason I don't belive in god. Also, why would god let letting children be raped, murderd, tourtured, and so on. Why would god let things like that happen to the innocent? I just don't see how a god, that is supposed to be almighty let so many bad things happen to his people. There for there is no god, only us, just us. When we die we die and that's it. There is no hell either for that matter.
2006-09-07 13:29:54 · answer #1 · answered by niks_mom7 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I thought that C. S. Lewis already dealt with this question.
There is no short, easy answer that anyone could give, since God's will is a complex subject. Also, one has to keep in mind that a finite human mind cannot hope to completely understand the infinite God, so a complete answer will be impossible anyway. But check out the three links below:
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...The existence of suffering in a world created by a good and almighty God — "the problem of pain" — is a fundamental theological dilemma and perhaps the most serious objection to the Christian religion. The issue is serious enough already in Theism. Christianity aggravates the problem by insisting on Love as the essence of God; then, unexpectedly, it makes a half turn and points to the Mystery of suffering — to Jesus, "the tears of God." Lewis does not propose to penetrate the mystery. He is content enough with approaching pain as mere problem that demands a solution; he formulates it and goes about solving it. "If God were good, He would make His creatures perfectly happy, and if He were almighty He would be able to do what he wished. But the creatures are not happy. Therefore God lacks either goodness, or power, or both." With a characteristic conciseness and clarity Lewis sets the stage for the entire book in the first paragraph of Chapter 2. "The possibility of solving [the problem] depends on showing that the terms 'good' and 'almighty', and perhaps also the term 'happy', are equivocal: for it must be admitted from the outset that if the popular meanings attached to these words are the best, or the only possible, meaning, then the argument is unanswerable". In the remaining nine chapters, Lewis will develop this basic statement through an in-depth reflection on divine omnipotence, divine goodness, human condition, human and animal pain, and last, but not least, hell and heaven.
The main argument of "The Problem of Pain" is preceded by a presentation of an atheist objection to the existence of God based on the observable futility of the universe. The book starts on a personal note: "Not many years ago when I was an atheist … ". There follows a compelling picture of a universe filled with futility and chance, darkness and cold, misery and suffering; a spectacle of civilizations passing away, of human race scientifically condemned to a final doom and of a universe bound to die. Thus, "either there is no spirit behind the universe, or else a spirit indifferent to good and evil, or else an evil spirit". On the other hand, "if the universe is so bad, or even half so bad, how on earth did human beings ever come to attribute it to the activity of a wise and good Creator? […] The spectacle of the universe as revealed by experience can never have been ground for religion: it must always have been something in spite of which religion, acquired from a different source, was held". But, where should we look for the sources?...
2006-09-07 20:39:50 · answer #2 · answered by Randy G 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
God is out of the equation in life outside of humanity because it is doubtful that, while fighting to survive, many animals (etc) have given much time to pondering the reason for their existence or come up with some fictional being to use valuable space inside their heads.
In all likely hood, they are assured of the reason by the very fact that they do exist. Sadly, such a concept of the nature of reality eludes the majority of human beings.
Survival is cruel only by means of distorted interpretation...
2006-09-07 20:27:21 · answer #3 · answered by CC...x 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Water drowns, sun burns, wind blinds... Earth quakes... but we need all these things to live. A loving God would want to fix what was broken. Philosophically speaking, if there is a God, then he can do anything he wants. What's love to us, is something entirely different to the Creator. So, the world is broke, and God came to earth and fixed it... Believe this and have eternal life. Then you can have a relationship with God again like in the Garden of Eden.
2006-09-07 20:27:35 · answer #4 · answered by punkdrunkard 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
the law of nature is that only the strong survive,, and everything must eat and be eaten.
this is not cruel, it is just life.
humans posess a higher knowlege and an ability to feel compassion...but
before the invention of the Atlatl (spear thrower) and the subsequent inventin of the bow and arrow,
how do you think that humand got their food, by trapping and spearing animals..
when you spear hunt you basically try to cause the biggest hole possible and then follow the blood trail untill it leads you to an animal that is dieing of blood loss...survival is never pretty////
2006-09-07 20:39:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Humans are the worst of all, God or no God.
We clearcut entire forests, devestating the lives of the animals that lived there. We poach species to extinction. We strip mine the earth, leaiving behind massive craters that will never go away. We even kill each other!
2006-09-07 20:28:21 · answer #6 · answered by Canadian Bacon 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am too disgusted with any form of animal cruelty, especially when it is completely unjust. I wish I could answer this, perhaps there is more to life than we know. "God is just a cruel kid with a microscope over an ants nest."
2006-09-07 20:35:38 · answer #7 · answered by Miss Suki 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, a croc hunter dying by a stingray bite was all I needed to fall from faith and worship Poseidon instead.
2006-09-07 20:41:35 · answer #8 · answered by McAtterie 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I guess your speaking of the 'All Mighty Father In The Sky' image of God. That particular one NEVER makes any sense! LOL
Blessed Be......
2006-09-07 20:25:20 · answer #9 · answered by Helzabet 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
if god was true, animals were already what they were since creation...so there is no such thing as "lion will sit with the lamb" shyt. there is no point arguing with christians about that since they are all deaf and blind with their faith.. open your eyes christians!
sorry i cant give u thumbs up.
2006-09-07 21:09:21 · answer #10 · answered by Pisces 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋