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2007-01-04 06:42:31 · 17 answers · asked by DO YOU KNOW WHERE GARY IS? 3 in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

isn't this the United States forum? That's the flag I clicked on!!

2007-01-04 06:49:18 · update #1

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I don't know. There is no telling, it's in God's hands. Although, I don't see why anything infamous is expected to occur on that date. But, to be honest, good and bad things happen to the human race every day. And 9/11 was NOT God's fault, people did that. And yes, God could have stopped it, but if God stopped people from doing every evil thing they ever tried to do, there would be no free will.

2007-01-04 06:51:19 · answer #1 · answered by Lady of the Garden 4 · 2 0

Some worry that asking such a question means that they do not have enough faith or that they are showing disrespect for God. Remember, the Bible teaches that “he cares for you.” (1 Peter 5:7) God hates wickedness and the suffering it causes far more than any human does. (Isaiah 55:8, 9) Why, then, is there so much suffering in the world? WHY SO MUCH SUFFERING? People of various religions have gone to their religious leaders and teachers to ask why there is so much suffering. Often, the response is that suffering is God’s will and that he long ago determined everything that would ever happen, including tragic events . The Bible says: “Far be it from the true God to act wickedly, and the Almighty to act unjustly!”—Job 34:10. Do you know why people make the mistake of blaming God for all the suffering in the world? In many cases, they blame Almighty God because they think that he is the real ruler of this world but the Bible teaches that the real ruler of this world is Satan the Devil.: “The whole world is lying in the power of the wicked one.” (1 John 5:19) Satan is hateful, deceptive, and cruel. So the world, under his influence, is full of hatred, deceit, and cruelty. A second reason why there is so much suffering is that, mankind has been imperfect and sinful ever since the rebellion in the garden of Eden.(Ecclesiastes 4:1; 8:9) A third reason for suffering is “time and unforeseen occurrence.” (Ecclesiastes 9:11) It is comforting for us to know that God does not cause suffering. He is not responsible for the wars, the crimes, the oppression, or even the natural disasters that cause people to suffer. Still, we need to know, Why does Jehovah allow all this suffering? If he is the Almighty, he has the power to stop it. Why, then, does he hold back? The loving God that we have come to know must have a good reason.—1 John 4:8. A VITAL ISSUE IS RAISED To find out why God allows suffering, we need to think back to the time when suffering began. When Satan led Adam and Eve into disobeying Jehovah, an important question was raised. Satan did not call into question Jehovah’s power. Even Satan knows that there is no limit to Jehovah’s power. Rather, Satan questioned Jehovah’s right to rule. By calling God a liar who withholds good from his subjects, Satan charged that Jehovah is a bad ruler. (Genesis 3:2-5) Satan implied that mankind would be better off without God’s rulership. This was an attack on Jehovah’s sovereignty, his right to rule. Adam and Eve rebelled against Jehovah. In effect, they said: “We do not need Jehovah as our Ruler. We can decide for ourselves what is right and what is wrong.” How could Jehovah settle that issue? How could he teach all intelligent creatures that the rebels were wrong and that his way truly is best? Someone might say that God should simply have destroyed the rebels and made a fresh start. But Jehovah had stated his purpose to fill the earth with the offspring of Adam and Eve, and he wanted them to live in an earthly paradise. (Genesis 1:28) Jehovah always fulfills his purposes. (Isaiah 55:10, 11) Besides that, getting rid of the rebels in Eden would not have answered the question that had been raised regarding Jehovah’s right to rule. Remember that the rebels in Eden were not the only ones involved. Millions of angels were watching. (Job 38:7; Daniel 7:10) How Jehovah handled the rebellion would greatly affect all those angels and eventually all intelligent creation. So, what has Jehovah done? He has allowed Satan to show how he would rule mankind. God has also allowed humans to govern themselves under Satan’s guidance.—Jeremiah 10:23. WHY SO LONG? Why, though, has Jehovah allowed suffering to go on for so long? And why does he not prevent bad things from happening? Well, consider two things that the teacher in our illustration would not do. First, he has not stopped Satan and those who side with him from trying to prove that they are right. In the thousands of years of human history, mankind has been able to try every form of self-rule, or human government. Mankind has made some advances in science and other fields, but injustice, poverty, crime, and war have grown ever worse. Human rule has now been shown to be a failure. Second, Jehovah has not helped Satan to rule this world.He is not supporting Satan's way of ruling by simply fixing things right away. We can be glad that he has not acted sooner, for his patience has given us the opportunity to learn the truth and to serve him. (2 Peter 3:9, 10) Meanwhile, God has been actively seeking sincere worshipers and helping them to endure any suffering that may come upon them in this troubled world.—John 4:23; 1 Corinthians 10:13.

2016-03-29 07:41:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

What bad things happened on 9/11... It depends on who you talk to. USofAns' had a bad time, but the rest of the world was perfectly happy that day.

Or do you think, like many USofAn's that only those who live in the USofA count for anything in the world.

2007-01-04 06:47:03 · answer #3 · answered by whatotherway 7 · 0 0

Bad things happen to the human race every day.

2007-01-04 06:45:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Are we going to indict God for the crimes of humanity?

We are often so mad at God for all the ways ppl perpetrate wrongdoing and omission in the world! And even when we don't accuse Him of these wrongs we sometimes accuse Him of not stopping these ppl from doing these wrong things...

Go figure!? Misdirected anger, I say...

What about our role?

Did Edmund Burke once say: "All that is needed for evil to thrive is for good ppl to do nothing?"

What will we do?

2007-01-04 07:00:23 · answer #5 · answered by Daveinontario 1 · 1 0

There is no God that will do anything to cause or prevent any human events be they good or bad!!

There is no God that lifts one finger to help starving children or to protect a woman from being raped! By the same token there is No God that will do anything to harm any human!!

This is because THERE IS NO GOD!!

2007-01-04 08:25:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

You telling lies!
Wars in the name of religion is very much older than christianity.

So why don't you leave the human race and go live with the aliens in Jupiter?

2007-01-04 06:48:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

Who knows? Let's wait and see. We overcame 9/11 and with faith nothing is too hard or impossible to defeat.

2007-01-04 06:50:32 · answer #8 · answered by Aoiffe337 3 · 1 0

We don't know where or when bad things happen. This is why it is so important to trust in God to get us through bad times.

http://www.handlethetruth.net

2007-01-04 06:46:31 · answer #9 · answered by truthhandl3r 3 · 0 0

actually genius, its 1807, not 187.

you must be confused with January 8th of the year 7.

if youre serious about this, and not joking....i strongly reccomend you seek psychological assistance. they can help you with your delusions with certain drugs, padded rooms and strait jackets which are both warm and stylish

2007-01-04 06:45:18 · answer #10 · answered by johnny_zondo 6 · 0 1

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