So many babies and innocent children have died from incurable diseases and natural disasters...how ridiculously self-centered do you have to be to think there is some caring sky god looking out for people who say the right prayers in a world rife with so much senseless misery?
2007-01-27 08:27:45 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Do you realize how arrogant you and self-centered you are ? You not only disbelieve but you make of fun those who do and you wish take as many souls as you can with you into Hell - as many disbelieving and arrogant souls as you can until it's too late.
God does love everyone - even you. Why don't you give prayer a chance ? What have you got to lose except a few minutes of time and perhaps - your arrogance and disbelief ?
2007-02-02 16:02:45 · answer #1 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That wasn't the original plan. We were made without death and suffering to commune with God. That perfect plan was thwarted when mankind was convinced how heinous God was for withholding the knowledge of good and evil. Our rebellion is the cause of the senseless misery.
God even went so far as to teach us how to get rid of the senseless misery. It goes something like this, "Love your enemies"(end of all wars). "Bless those who curse you" (end of all strife). "Love your neighbor as yourself" (no more robbery, murder, rape, child abuse, etc..). "Sell everything you have and give to the poor" (world hunger, clean water, medical).
By following these teachings we would alleviate 90% of the world's problems. Instead, we are so arrogant and "wise" that we lash out at God for the very problems we started and propitiate because of our own selfish nature. God is not the problem here man is.
How do I know this? I live in Nicaragua where man's selfishness has driven his neighbor to starvation, prostitution, child abuse and everything else you can imagine.
I have bought food for children who haven't eaten for days, built houses for those without any place to stay, drilled wells for communities with no clean water, given medicine to those who were in pain, helped with children that had been thrown in the trash like garbage.
I believe in a personal God and feel his presence every day, that is why I do what I do.
Maybe, instead of railing about God and all the suffering of the world, you could try and do something about it.
p.s. God loves you
2007-01-27 09:53:27 · answer #2 · answered by akoloutheo2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I certainly don't believe in a personal god, God can never be completely my own, and I understand that. Sometimes bad karma from a previous life can cause unneeded suffering in this life, that's the only way I can explain it based on my beliefs. It makes me cry to think about children who are forced into adulthood because of problems that no child, and in fact few adults can handle.
My prayer everyday is that the entire world is happy, and that He is happy, and while my prayer will make little difference physically, it's the least that I can do instead of pretending that those problems and those suffering people don't exist.
2007-01-27 08:38:00 · answer #3 · answered by lotusmoon01 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-11-01 10:44:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many questioned God. Some like you much say that he is arrogant.
But what might make sense to you is not common sense.
God knows it all, he has allowed these things to happen, but it is only for a short time. The devil thinks he has had his way, but in the end God will be victorious.
God does protect his people, however he will allow certain things to happen to us. Whether there are to strengthen us our encourage others, God has allowed it. We are not to questioned God. He knows what is best.
A man is born blind. He has been healed by Jesus so that God can be glorified.
2007-01-27 08:38:44 · answer #5 · answered by Karen W 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Do you realize without God how there would be nothing at all?
-You should not expect God to answer your every prayer the way you want- for God answers prayers in His own timing and according to HIS will. Yes many horrible things go on in this world- and those children who are being beaten and molested- well yes it disturbs me but I know God has a plan for them and they will be blessed in the end for sure- and I pray for them and I know prayer does work, when someone truly trusts God in the matter- and gives it to God whole heartedly- without doubt God is going to work His will. And His will is always good, even when it does not seem like it at the time. You cannot compare God to man- God is above us and knows all. Frankly knowing God is in control is the one thing that keeps me going! Sin is why many of these things happen- disasters and diseases, God tells us this in the Bible. And I believe that children who are not old enough to comprehend the gospel or be accountable, go to heaven when they die- For Jesus says "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for theirs is the kingdom of Heaven"
2007-01-27 08:36:41 · answer #6 · answered by Mandolyn Monkey Munch 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
That's an excellent question. There's a reason our loving creator has allowed all the suffering you mentioned and why we get sick, grow old and die (Rom. 5:12)
But, if I may, let me answer your question with one of my own: Assuming you have children, or at least nieces and nephews, do you think one of those children should consider themselves arrogant for believing you loved them yet were allowing them to go through some difficult & painful medical procedure that they needed?
Believing in a personal loving creator is not arrogance, it is humbling, because those of us that believe also are accutely aware of the fact that we are not worthy. That's why the bible writers, particularly the Apostle Paul, refer numerous times to God's "undeserved kindness."
2007-01-27 08:44:06 · answer #7 · answered by Q&A Queen 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Excuse me my friend, but the words that you speak are void and without worth. HOW DARE YOU seek and blindly condemn the followers of God's TRUTH. YOU and the likes of you my friend are the ones who are quick to pass judgment, committing senseless acts of atrocities of the tongue. Without for-knowledge and proof or reproof of Biblical truths and faith in understanding, your assumptions of ignorance precede your inability to comprehend the scope of accusations with which you yield so swiftly. Come out from under your hiding place and let your countenance be known. "Judge not ye shall not be judged".
2007-01-27 10:16:51 · answer #8 · answered by SLEDGE 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Do you realize how arrogant it is to be convinced there is *no* God just because your small mind can't comprehend why certain things happen?
I don't have all the answers to why things work out the way they do, but then I'm not so full of myself that I think I should know. I'm just a person, not God. Guess I'm just not ridiculously self-centered enough to think I'm *that* brilliant.
2007-01-27 08:40:57 · answer #9 · answered by happyhomeschooler 2 · 2⤊ 3⤋
I'll tell you what is arrogant a prideful human being thinking that they are so good that they are not the cause of all these problems and disease because of sin and rebellion from God when a loving God has made a way to be redeemed back to him even though we dont deserve it through sacrificing Jesus Christ for us all.
2007-01-27 08:34:30 · answer #10 · answered by disciple 4 · 3⤊ 3⤋