would a truly loving father ever allow his children to starve if he had the means to prevent it from happening

Answer 1

Not a chance!

Answer 2

This world is a world of opposites.

Those who suffer and go through trials and tribulations are those whom Allah loves the most. When you suffer on this earth you are being forgiven of sins by getting your punishment here rather than later. You are being spared from the hellfire.

Those who do well and commit a lot of sin are those whom Allah is not close to. Those are the unfortunates who will be judged in the afterlife.

What is a lifetime of suffering compared to eternal peace/happiness? Just a small drop in a very large large sea.

Answer 3

A truly loving earthly father whose child truly hates him and goes away from his father and finds himself starving is on his own, since he has made it that the father cannot reach him.

A truly loving earthly father whose child truly loves him and whose father does not have the means to feed him is sad.

A truly loving heavenly Father whose earthly child truly hates him starves of his own accord, since he has abandoned his Father, thereby making it so his Father cannot reach him.

A truly loving heavenly Father whose earthly child truly loves him and who is starving knows a few things: 1) that sometimes people must move or do something different in order to find food; 2) that sometimes people starve through no fault of their own since some things are entirely outside of their control, and they have hope in their Father for the end of earthly pain and the fulfillment of the Father's promise that they be with him for eternity; 3) that the body is a temporary housing for the eternal soul, and that what happens to it is of no consequence, as the Father rights all wrongs for those who love him. That is, the truly loving earthly child understands everything about his Father, and does not despair.

No food does not automatically equate to no love.

Answer 4

(voice of stuffy preacher from pulpit) we go now to god's model in creation, seeing we act in ways ingrained in our psyche from evolutions past.

turn with me now to Nature chapters 2 verse 1...and we read

Greed has an extremely negative connotation for most people. It conjures up images of Ebenezer Scrooge and Shylock, chortling over their gold and ignoring the plights and miseries of others. However, it is actually the gathering of resources, the more the better. Biologically, for any organism that is successful greed is good.

Any form of life must gather resources that allow it to survive and reproduce. The resources may be food, water, sunlight, minerals, vitamins, shelter. Without these things, the organism dies. Since the two most basic purposes of life are to live and to reproduce, it should do everything it can to avoid dying through a lack of resources.

Greed is one organism getting a larger piece of the pie, more of the necessary resources, than other organisms. For example, in the Amazonian rain forest, an occasional
tree dies and falls. This leaves an opening to the sun in the continuous canopy of foliage. Plants and trees race each other to grow into that opening. The winners in the race fill the hole; the losers die through lack of sunlight. (Attenborough, 1990) The greed for sunlight means life.

Again, as for self-preservation and sex, greed is an instinctive reaction. When presented with resources, the instinct is to grab them, use them, take advantage of them. This isn't a conscious decision. An animal, when starving, wants more food; when thirsty, more water. If it means taking it from another animal, that's what it does if it can.

You may ask, what about those animals who feed their offspring, though they're starving themselves? Remember that the second purpose of life is to reproduce. This requires not only producing the young. Once it's born it must be kept alive until it's self-sufficient. If it dies, then all the time, effort and energy to produce it must be repeated to produce another one. However, once it reaches self-sufficiency the parent's genes will, most likely, be passed on to another generation. Keeping the offspring alive, even at the expense of the parent dying, is of paramount importance. Thus, a parent caring for its young at its own expense is not an act of selflessness; it's an act of genetic selfishness.

You may also point out that humans avoid being greedy. In fact, being greedy is something that is scorned, something to be ashamed of. Once again, as for self-preservation and reproduction, it's because humans are unique -- we have a conscious mind that influences their biological instincts. How that works is the topic of the next chapter.

Answer 5

A truly loving father wouldn't allow the situation to arise in the first place

Answer 6

Im assuming your speaking of God because of the category you have chosen.. I understand your question but i dont feel it is as simple as that.. God placed us on earth to look after each other,, it is down to us as people to feed the starving,, God has chosen us to look out for each other.. but so many people follow the devil and only aspire to conquering other people, making more money and having more power .. these are my opinions anyway.. and everyone is entitled to his or her own.. but i dont think we can look upon God as a divine man but a divine entity.. God has given us an amazing computer - our brain and an amazing heart with the capacity to love ..We as human beings are the ones who allow other human beings to starve..

Answer 7

Natural love and affection for his children will not permit the father to allow them starving.He will strive to feed his children,at any cost which includes begging,borrowing and stealing.

Answer 8

it depends on what you mean by starve.. many religions have fasting for a set time period that the children will swear they are starving but in actuality they are not, as well as children who suffer from Prader-Willi Syndrome who can't stop eating and feel like they are starving when they are not

Answer 9

So what are you saying? That God is not truly loving. I think you should look at who really are his children rather than the nature of God.

Answer 10

The means to prevent is would be human agency. They can not be forced because of free will. Is God allowing? Or is humanity ignoring its responsibilities?

Answer 11

You would think he would not, but it happens all the time. Guess they cannot be truly loving fathers.