Why do people blame God?

Question

People are so quick to blame God for destruction and unexplained deaths, but not when anything good happens. People have free will and noone wants to believe that people that hurt innocent people are to blame, if that person was following what God believe then they wouldnt kill or rape etc...My question is i guess the ones that dont believe in Christ why are you so quick to blame him? And the fact that those same unbelievers put Christ to death, so who is at fault? God let you choose and thats what you did with it. wouldnt you rather have someone love you becuz of you, even if they didnt fully understand you that to force them to love you?

Answer 1

I've never heard anyone blame God for anything.

I think the general rule of thumb is that we (the opposition) generally wonder why, if God is all-loving, AND all-powerful, AND all-merciful, AND all-compassionate,etc... does he not step in to STOP (or at least intervene in) the 'destruction and unexplained deaths'.

There is no answer for that. The whole claim is perposterous!
I think if anything good did happen - we would jump up and down looking for the 'God' behind it. But so far.... the well has been found to be dry and wanting.

Answer 2

Dear Nuny,

I think so much of the problem has to do with the fact that people don't know the awesome uncreated Creator of the universe. People have created gods in their own image. They project their own thoughts onto their limited knowlege and see themselves as being wise.

A good point was already made that people simply don't want to take responsibility for their own actions.

When I first read the Bible from cover-to-cover I found myself saying "If I were God, I would have done thus and so, If I were God I wouldn't have been so harsh with so and so."

But as I continued reading and seeing the ugly spread evil in the world, I found myself saying "God, why didn't you just wipe mankind off the face of the earth????"

Mankind lives to self.
Evil spreads profusely.
Mankind repents and cries out to God for help.
God sends help through a judge or prophet.
Peace reigns.
Said judge dies or prophet is murdered.
Cycle begins all over again.

Mankind doesn't read The Instruction Manual (the Bible) and tries to make the best of the worst. No matter how much we try to fix 1 problem we seem to create another 10 problems. We want to be our own gods.

The awesome uncreated Creator of the universe wants to give us the Best of the Best but we thumb our noses at Him and say "I'll do it my way!"

Answer 3

People blame God because they cannot face up to their own failings. Many people have a hard time taking responsibility for their actions. It is easier to blame the school and the teacher when your child is out of control than it is to face the fact that if he/she is out of control at home than why would he/she be any different anywhere else? It's easier to blame the government, society and God when they steal and murder people for their possessions. People's evil deeds and black hearts are the reason that tragedies like 9/11 and so many others happen.

God is merciful and forgiving. If mankind would stop and straighten up today or tomorrow the destruction foretold in the Revelation would not have to be. As you said God gave man free will. As long as man "chooses" to disobey and disregard God's laws then we face the same fate as Sodom and Gomorrah.

Adam and Eve had a choice. We are still paying for it today!

Answer 4

Actually, the opposite is true. You frequently see stories where a disaster has happened that kills thousands. There will be someone who is interviewed who survived and they'll invariably say something like the following, "I would have died if it wasn't for God guiding me to safety.", and they'll even push this as some kind of proof that God exists. They completely ignore that it would also be God's fault that the other thousands died in the first place.

Even when the Pope was shot, he gave thanks to "Our lady Fatima", for not being killed. He said that she guided the bullet, and that saved his life. One would wonder, if this is true, why Fatima didn't guide the bullet to miss him completely. It also discounts the work of the team of surgeons who made the wound not as fatal as it would have been.

Also, people who don't believe in God don't blame him for anything. We also tend not to give credit to gods, either. Things that don't exist don't do anything that would warrant blame or credit. If we bring up any such arguments, it is usually in an attempt to point out the hypocrisy I noted above.

Answer 5

It's like this. It's a sunny day because god is shining down on us or blessing us or whatever. Now the next day it rains and 3 people are killed in the flooding. Did god turn his attention away? Did he "cause" the rain? Is there really a difference when he is omnipotent and expends no energy to do anything? If we can thank him for the sunshine, we can blame him for the rain.

And you are forgetting things like illness. Do you think illness has anything to do with free will? When an 11 yr old boy dies of leukemia, did he do the wrong thing one day? Please...

Answer 6

"God", "Oh, God", or "God, help me" are generally the first words out of anyone's mouth when something goes wrong, even if they claim to be unbelievers. If they are truly unbelievers, why do they call His name in times of trouble or danger? Actually, you have asked three questions. First of all, NO one on this earth actually knows what God believes. Our acceptance of what we THINK God wants and expects of us is based on faith. As you are probably already aware, faith is based on the belief in things unseen. People who have faith have no proof of the justification of their beliefs. They just believe. As for blaming Christ, blame him for what? Modern day unbelievers in Christ did NOT put him to death. They did not exist 2000+ years ago, so how could they have put him to death? If God had not given us free will, all he would have would be a bunch of slaves. He would never have any true followers because he did not give his people free will.

Answer 7

No one put Christ death. Christ is a spirit. I assume that you are talking about Jesus. I am sorry to inform you that Jesus did not die.
Now, i do not blame God for anything bad that happens. Sometimes i find myself asking why. But i never blame him. I think that all things happen for a reason. I also believe that sometimes one man has to die to save a nation.
The last time i checked most people do not blame God for any bad things that happen. They usually blame the Devil. I think that he is more popular than God.
God is suppose to be the all knowing power right. Freewill or not he knows what is going to happen so then it is okay for me to ask why. Or maybe he shouldn't have given us the freewill to believe that we have freewill that we really do not have.

Answer 8

Maybe people take the easy way where you don't have to answer to god for the evils you do ,and by blaming some one or a god you don't believe in is easier to deal with then to pinpoint actual blame or reasons for bad things.

Answer 9

I think that people have a great need to find happiness and meaning to life, and they get so frustrated that there is so much wrong in their lives and are angry that they are unable to put things right themselves, and so in their frustration they blame the one who can put it right but does not seem to do so, to their agenda and will.
they do not realize that God can say no as well as yes and that also He is not our slave and has to do our constant bidding.
you cannot have God Who is Creator jumping through hoops and pulling Rabbits out of hats just because we want Him to.
but probably the main reason and the one that people do not fully understand is that we cannot be happy until our hearts rest in God, and all other futile ways that we try end up like a dog trying to catch it`s tail.

Answer 10

Well, when you have someone who can save little children from dying horrible deaths in Africa or during the holocaust, you wonder why he just chooses to turn the blind eye.

Your god is a false "win-win" situation. If something good happens, it is a miracle from god. If something bad happens, it is humans free will or satan. If someone prays, the answer will be "yes" "no" or "wait." In every single case god is in a win-win situation. If we replace the word "god" for "the flying spaghetti monster" or even "the shoe under my bed," nothing changes and its still win-win.