Is there really a God, If so why do so many bad things happen?

Answer 1

Yes, I believe that God is real. But there is sin in the world, and where there is sin, there is death and a curse.

Answer 2

Is there really a God? **** Absolutely

why do so many bad things happen? ****people, we as "man" are selfish. we will take advantage of any one or any situation. if opportunity is not there then man tends to oppress one another.

why do you look the other way when you see a homeless man in rags on the street?

why do we pretend not to see things or know things when we do and could bring about justice for the victim?

the answer is we Humans are selfish we demand but offer little to nothing.

this is not GOD's plan GOD gives everything to us. Jesus Made provision for our spirit, soul, & body. all when we are sinners. Jesus freely offers Salvation, redemption, reconciliation. all we have to do is receive the GIFT.

no suffering is not the void of GOD but the darknes of man's own selfcentered existance.

Answer 3

Yes there really is a God. Yet, the issue of bad things happening is always a difficult one to deal with. I think the key is remembering that God's ways are higher than our ways (Isaiah 55:9). When we are suffering we usually focus solely on our own suffering. In the midst of a trial , it is very difficult to focus on what good God might bring about as a result. But Romans 8:28 tells us that God can bring about good from any situation.

Answer 4

Duality...

If no bad things happen there would be no nothing to use as a measuring stick for the good things. But that isnt an argument for the existence of god. A better argument for the existence is that we are here talking about it. So therefore it exists. Now as far as what level it exists on or the nature of that existence, I cannot say with certainty.

Answer 5

Bad thing happen due to man sin. God does allow it to happen. It will bring some people to come to know him and worship him. Man by nature is greedy and out for himself. The more you have the more you want. Once you comment to Christ you will be content on what you have, and not searching for things you don't have. Disaster bring people to Christ. The real reason you are here on earth is to worship Jesus Christ.

Answer 6

During the times of the black plaque the Church, too, was in a frenzy. As the number of infected clergy increased, many individuals began to suspect that it was the Church
officials who were responsible for the spread of the Plague.

Answer 7

The bad things are consequences of mans descions

Answer 8

I am glad that you brought that question up. It is one that disturbs many honest-hearted people. This is what I have learned. Perhaps it will help you. Many faithful servants of God have been disturbed by the wickedness around them. Even ancient ones. See, for example, Habakkuk 1:3, 13. But it is not because of any indifference on God’s part. He assures us that he has a set time when he will call the wicked to account.

God assures us that he has a set time to call the wicked to account. This we read at Habakkuk 2:3. But how do WE get to be among the survivors when that time comes? Habakkuk 2:4b and Zephaniah 2:3 speak on this as well.

Oh how we long for an end to wickedness. But we have experienced it for a relatively short time when compared with the time that wickedness has actually existed. How must Jehovah himself feel? Think of it: for thousands of years people have blamed him, even cursed him, for all the bad conditions. But it’s not his fault; to the contrary, these things are caused by Satan and by wicked men. Since Jehovah has the power to destroy the wicked, there must be compelling reasons for his having restrained himself thus far! What could those compelling reasons be?

There would be no wickedness if God had not given intelligent creatures with free will. But God did give us that – the capacity to choose to obey him because we love him or to disobey. Notice how Deuteronomy 30:19, 20 and Joshua 24:15 bear this out. We don’t really want it any other way, do we? For those who are parents, which makes us happier—when our children obey us because they love us or when we force them to obey us? God fully intends to do away with all wickedness and wicked people but before He does that, God is giving us the opportunity to demonstrate whether they really want to live in harmony with his righteous laws or not. But that he fully intends to end wickedness is clearly seen from 2 Thessalonians 1:9, 10.

Well, why is he taking so long? Some people feel that the length of time shows He is doing absolutely nothing. Not so. Vital issues are involved: (1) The righteousness and rightfulness of Jehovah’s rule was challenged in Eden; (Genesis 2:16, 17; 3:1-5) and (2) the integrity of all of God’s servants in heaven and on earth was called into question. Satan charged that we only worship God for what we can get out of it. Notice that at Job 1:6-11; 2:1-5. And, according to Luke 22:31, things have not changed. Satan has demanded to have the faithful to sift us as wheat!

Now God could have destroyed the rebels (Satan, Adam, and Eve) immediately, but that would not have settled matters. The issues raised were moral ones. God allows time and this allowance permits all intelligent creatures with free will (angels included) to see for themselves the terrible results of rebelling against his rulership, while at the same time giving us the opportunity to demonstrate where we personally stand on these vital matters. Once these issues are settled, God will never again allow anyone to disrupt the peace and harmony that will exist in the universe.

We might illustrate it this way: suppose somebody in the neighborhood charged that you abused your position as head of the family, that your kids would be better off if they made their own decisions without you, and that the only reason your kids obeyed you in the first place is, not because they loved you but because of all the material benefits you provided. What’s the best way to settle the matter? How about blowing his brains out? Well that would show some power on your part but that doesn’t do anything to respond to the false charges. How about this? Give your kids opportunity to be your witnesses to show that you are a just and loving father and that they live with you because they love you! Now if some of your kids believed your enemy, left home, and ruined their lives, that would only make it obvious to sincere observers that the kids would have been better off if they had listened to you instead of your enemy, yes?

That is what our loving heavenly father is doing with us – his children. In truth, we have benefited by God’s permission of wickedness till now. Had he destroyed the wicked twenty, thirty, seventy, two hundred years ago, how many of us would have ever existed? At 2 Peter 3:9, we read: “Jehovah is not slow respecting his promise, as some people consider slowness, but he is patient with you because he does not desire any to be destroyed but desires all to attain to repentance.” So, since he has been patient right down to today, we have the opportunity to demonstrate where we are on the side of this universal issue.

Hannah J Paul

Answer 9

Don't mistake karma for a God.

Answer 10

I don't think God is like Christians make him/her out to be. I don't think he/she interferes except to give us strength when we need it. I don't think God is like a person.