I often see people thanking god for good things that happen but isn't god just as responsible for bad things?
If god does control the world isn't it fair to blame it for all childhood cancer and other unneccesary illness- often people justify god's cruelty by saying we don't know what good came out of a childs death but if a person caused that suffering they would be in jail no matter whether it does some obvious good.
The gnostics claimed that the aim of human existence was to gain enough knowledge and power to destroy the evil god that keeps the human race in poverty and sickness, and I can see why this belief became so popular the catholic church had to burn them, at least it explains the world which we see and actually live in and why evil seems to prevail over good,
If god was good surely he would step in and help us- its what jesus seems to suggest we should do so why does god get to act in a manner that would send us to hell
2006-10-10
06:50:30
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