If God were able to end child abuse, would he?

Answer 1

Of course, what kind of God could end child abuse and would decide not to?

Answer 2

Jesus willingly laid down is life for you in Matthew Chapters 23-24, also Chapters 27 and 28. .In Matthew 4, the Devil knew this and tempted Him not to die.

In Matthew 18 Jesus made a real live promise to those who do things like that to children. He is slow to anger and all of us are living in an age of grace called the Church Age. Hebrews 4:16 ( Nehemiah 9:17,Nahum 1:3) Everybody is being given a chance to repent or change. You have free will to choose not to obey or listen to the babbling of mankind and false science. ......Until the end of this World's system. The world will never end. Ephesians 3:21.

Answer 3

God gave us all free will. But that doesn't mean we should be abusive to others.
God can but He won't because He will take care of them and Al who go against Him and His Loving Son.

Answer 4

I doubt it. Hundreds of millions prayed for this god creature to stop Hitler before he caused 30+ million to die during WWII and he did NOTHING. A simple little blood clot would have done the trick, say in 1934, but NOOOOOO. If this god creature could turn a good woman into a pillar of salt for looking over her shoulder, why couldn't he answer the prayers to end evil. Either this god is heartless, powerless, both, or does not exist at all.

Answer 5

God is able to do anything He so desires, but He works these problems out in ways we sometimes do not understand.

Answer 6

No, he has given people free will and abusing children is a person's choice, not a natural, instinctual behaviour like breathing.

Answer 7

He is the abuser. Why do you think he permits child abuse

Answer 8

Absolutely not, because God gave us all free will, as a gift that he/she wants us to use, and he/she will not interfere in it at any time, or for any reason.

Answer 9

the sad fact is "GOD" gave us free will" meaning we can do whatever we want to" and sometimes people chose to do the wrong things" instead of doing the right things"!

Answer 10

God has sent the means to end child abuse; we just need to use them.

It is Not Permissible to Strike a Child

"Let the mothers consider that whatever concerneth the education of children is of the first importance. Let them put forth every effort in this regard, for when  153  the bough is green and tender it will grow in whatever way ye train it. Therefore is it incumbent upon the mothers to rear their little ones even as a gardener tendeth his young plants. Let them strive by day and by night to establish within their children faith and certitude, the fear of God, the love of the Beloved of the worlds, and all good qualities and traits. Whensoever a mother seeth that her child hath done well, let her praise and applaud him and cheer his heart; and if the slightest undesirable trait should manifest itself, let her counsel the child and punish him, and use means based on reason, even a slight verbal chastisement should this be necessary. It is not, however, permissible to strike a child, or vilify him, for the child's character will be totally perverted if he be subjected to blows or verbal abuse."

(Compilations, Lights of Guidance, p. 152)

Violence in the Home

Acts of violence might properly be regarded as a negation of the persistent emphasis on concord, understanding and unity which are at the heart of the Bahá'í Teachings, and the sacred Writings are replete with advice as to how these positive objectives may be attained. In "Tablet of the World" Bahá'u'lláh states, " '... The distinguishing feature that marketh the pre-eminent character of this Supreme Revelation consisteth in that We have, on the one hand, blotted out from the pages of God's Holy Book whatsoever hath been the cause of strife, of malice and mischief amongst the children of men and have, on the other, laid down the essential prerequisites of concord, of understanding, of complete and enduring unity. Well is it with them that keep My statutes'. "Elsewhere in the same Tablet the 'people of God' are forbidden 'to engage in contention and conflict'. In view of such statements and the stress laid by both Bahá'u'lláh and 'Abdu'l-Bahá on love and harmony as the hallmark of marriage, the law for which Bahá'u'lláh describes as a 'fortress for well-being and salvation'; and in view of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's exhortation that each member of the family must uphold the rights of the others, it becomes obvious that violence in the family is antithetical to the spirit of the Faith and a practice to be condemned. "If the broad structure of society is to remain intact, resolute efforts, including medical ones, as necessary, should be made to curb acts of aggression within  222  families particularly their extreme forms of wife beating and child abuse by parents. This is a matter of fundamental importance, for if the friends are not able to maintain harmony within their families, on what other basis do they hope to demonstrate to a skeptical world the efficacy of the pre-eminent character of the Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh? What possible influence could they hope to exert on the development of nations and the establishment of world peace? The following statement by the beloved Master sheds illumination on these points: " ' ... Compare the nations of the world to the members of a family. A family is a nation in miniature. Simply enlarge the circle of the household, and you have the nation. Enlarge the circle of nations and you have all humanity. The family are the happenings in the life of the nation. Would it add to the progress and advancement of the family if decisions should arise among its members, all fighting, pillaging each other, jealous and revengeful of injury, seeking selfish advantages? Nay, this would be the cause of the effacement of progress and advancement. So it is in the great family of nations, for nations are but an aggregate of families ... ' "

(From a letter written of behalf of the Universal House of Justice to a National Spiritual Assembly, September 22, 1983)

(Compilations, Lights of Guidance, p. 221)

Sexual Abuse
It is difficult to imagine a more reprehensible perversion of human conduct than the sexual abuse of children, which finds its most debased form in incest. . . . A parent who is aware that the marriage partner is subjecting a child to such sexual abuse should not remain silent, but must take all necessary measures, with the assistance of the Spiritual Assembly or civil authorities if necessary, to bring about an immediate cessation of such grossly immoral behavior, and to promote healing and therapy.

(Compilations, NSA USA - Developing Distinctive Baha'i Communities)