Instead of curing heart disease, cancer, ending birth defects and infant mortality....he used his magic to curse a fig tree, filled pigs with demons and conjured up a jug of wine. Isn't that an incredible waste of omnipotence?
2007-02-16 02:28:56 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Pirate and panda....I did my best with Middle Earth. I wanted that damn ring in the worst way...but I knew it would soon own me!
2007-02-16 02:38:17 · update #1
I like the way you put that. I agree with you, but it does bring up an interesting point of the Christian way of looking at things.
Standard Christian answer is that Jesus' healing miracles were very much individual-based, and done in order to bring people to God. According to that thinking, suffering exists primarily in order to bring people closer to God.
I refuse to believe in a being who wastes omnipotence on causing suffering. If there is a divine being/higher power/creator/???, why would that entity need our worship that badly?
Millions of atheists prove that you can live a decent, compassionate, happy, generous life without believing in omnipotent beings after all.
2007-02-16 02:39:50 · answer #1 · answered by The angels have the phone box. 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jesus didn't squander anything. Everything He did had a purpose and an intent, even if we don't understand it.
2007-02-16 10:33:48 · answer #2 · answered by fenhongjiatu1 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
not even close
2007-02-16 10:31:48 · answer #3 · answered by spanky 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋