my receding hairline, dark circles under eyes, (former) shyness, skinny frame, emotional distress, indecisiveness about college, (formerly) no confidence.
God doesn't exist...he is a pawn for people to play when they believe their life is in order.
2006-11-22 18:02:52 · 26 answers · asked by Greg S 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Buddhism has fascinating answers about life and you don't have to even believe in God.
2006-11-22 18:04:51 · answer #1 · answered by Ramond 1 · 1⤊ 3⤋
You just said that God doesn't exist. Why are you blaming Him for your receding hairline, dark circles under your eyes, shyness, skinny frame, emotional distress, indecisiveness about college, etc. etc. etc.
I think this is all your doing. In addition, there's definitely something you can do to change the afore mentioned.
2006-11-23 02:06:41 · answer #2 · answered by mx3baby 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
1) If God doesn't exist how can you blame Him for your problems?
2)God does not make bad things happen. They just do. How you deal with them is your question to answer. Do you rely on your own strength or do you rely on God. God is bigger than all of us. He can give us the strength to deal with what ever comes ou way. There is so much power in prayer. All I can suggest is to pray. What do you have to lose if there is no God? But what you have to gain if there is, is immeasurable.
3)Seems to me that there are people in the world who have bigger problems than a receding hairline. Put these into perspective. There are people who have cancer or are hungry or are homeless. In that you seem quite blessed for those to be you only issues, or your major ones.
2006-11-23 02:23:46 · answer #3 · answered by Christi G 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
well premature baldness is hereditary. As is the skinny frame. The dark circles is lack of sleep and the other emotional issues are probably your own fault. God doesn't burden your life, but he doesn't help those who sit idly by and expect something good to happen.
God is mostly worshipped by those who have very little. It is those who have their lives in order who tend to turn away from God or abuse the good things they have.
If you are having trouble in your life, the only person who can help you is yourself. Through that, God will assist.
That is what free will is about.
2006-11-23 02:10:40 · answer #4 · answered by toothfairy 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Good question Greg. This question is often asked broadly as, "Why do bad things happen to good people?".
The answer to that lies in the book of Job. He's faithful yet all these bad things happen to Him. Really bad. A LOT worse than you have.
Your argument of since bad things happen there must not be a God doesn't quite make since Jesus, God's only Son died a horrible death. Just some food for thought. ~_^ God bless.
2006-11-23 02:12:54 · answer #5 · answered by Sudy Nim 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Life is hard.. it sucks, and most people tend to blame God for it. Everyone goes through tough times in their life, and we all unfortunately have to live with it until the day it gets better, which it usually does. But I promise God does exist, it all comes down to faith and prayer. A lot of times God gives you what you need not necessarily what you want.
2006-11-23 02:09:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
God requires your faith, trust and love, He is not a vending machine. Christians don't have everything they want, they do however have everything they need. Embrace your life as is, strive to make it better, ask God to help you with His wisdom about the things you need to change, start from the inside out. God Bless you!
2006-11-23 02:12:12 · answer #7 · answered by twelfntwelf3 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Or he is someone to blame when they believe their life is in disarray.
God does not burden your life. And look you are no longer shy, you are no longer lacking confidence.
God loves you, and does not wish your life to be miserable. He is love. You are one of His children.
Bad things happen in this world because of free will. God created us because, like the Beatles song says, he just wanted someone to love. But the thing is, He wanted us to love Him back, but He didnt want us to love Him because He wanted us to, He wanted us to love Him because we wanted to. If he made us to love Him, then there would be no point in Him creating us. It would be like me making something of play doh, and saying, 'Now you love me' . It would not be real love.
God allows bad things to happen, not because He wants people to have miserable lives, or bad experiences, but because He wants people to have what they want and do what they want. He loves us so much that He would let us do whatever we want, if it would make us happy. This is why that robbery might effect us negatively, but it effects the robber pseudo-positively. He stops nothing because if He did, He would be toying with our free will, and, again, he wants us to be happy and do what we want.
Now, God isn't powerless. He still influences things and people, but these people do not have to go with His flow.
God loves you, and there is this idea that God would never allow you to have more than you could carry. Read the poem 'Footprints' It's touching.
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One night I dreamed a dream.
I was walking along the beach with my Lord. Across the dark sky flashed scenes from my life. For each scene, I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand, one belonging to me and one to my Lord.
When the last scene of my life shot before me I looked back at the footprints in the sand. There was only one set of footprints. I realized that this was at the lowest and saddest times of my life. This always bothered me and I questioned the Lord about my dilemma.
"Lord, You told me when I decided to follow You, You would walk and talk with me all the way. But I'm aware that during the most troublesome times of my life there is only one set of footprints. I just don't understand why, when I need You most, You leave me."
He whispered, "My precious child, I love you and will never leave you, never, ever, during your trials and testings. When you saw only one set of footprints, It was then that I carried you."
2006-11-23 02:16:00 · answer #8 · answered by ChrisB 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What a load of twaddle!
Don't blame God for your own failings, search for the answers inside yourself. We all get exactly what we deserve, nothing more and nothing less.
And it is most often those people who are tested hardest, that find their way to God.
You got it all wrong, my friend!
2006-11-23 02:07:09 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
im probably more shy than you but hey...
1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
2 A atime to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
2006-11-23 02:12:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
So if God exists, he has burdened your life ....
... but if he doesn't exist ... then who *has* burdened your life?
Can't have it both ways, dude ... same entity is responsible either way. Ever heard of karma?
2006-11-23 02:16:55 · answer #11 · answered by MyPreshus 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋