why do the good die and the bad still live?

Answer 1

The principles of reincarnation, however, allow us to view life with a much broader perspective -- from the standpoint of eternity. From this point of view, one brief lifetime is seen not as the beginning of our existence, but as nothing more than a flash in time, and we can understand that an apparently pious person who may be suffering greatly is reaping the effects of impious activities performed in this or previous lives. With this broader vision of universal justice we can see how each individual soul is alone responsible for its own karma.

Our actions are compared to seeds. Initially they are performed, or planted, and over the course of time they gradually fructify, releasing their resultant reactions. Such reactions may produce either suffering or enjoyment for the living being, and he may respond by either improving his character or by becoming increasingly animallike. In either case, the laws of reincarnation operate impartially to award each living being the destiny he has earned by his previous actions.

A criminal chooses to enter prison by willful transgression of the law, but another man may be appointed to sit on the Supreme Court by dint of his excellence of service. In the same way, the soul chooses its own destiny, including the selection of a specific physical form, based on past and present desires and actions. No one can truthfully lament, "I didn't ask to be born!" In the scheme of repeated births and deaths in this material world, "man proposes and God disposes."

Answer 2

That is a question for God, although it is unfortunate. maybe the good get to die so that they can go to Heaven, which is their true home. We must have the faith to know that God is in control and knows what he's doing. The bad get to stay down here and live bad days until their due time and then they many not get the royal treatment. There is a dark side and I've seen it. I saw it in 1999, when I had a bad spiritual attitude.

Answer 3

I've been asking that question since my mom passed away 2 1/2 years ago. She was the most caring, peaceful, loving being on the face of the earth and she was only 52 when she passed. Then you've got murderers and child molesters living well into their 80's. Why? I have lost all faith in "god". I began to question whether he even exists, or is it all a crock of sh*t.

Answer 4

the good people are dieing because God is saving them from the sin so when the judgment is here so they will be with God and God want all those bad people still be in life maybe they can change their way to live or to act

Answer 5

God is just waiting for someone to help the bad people become good so they die good. That's what I've always taken it to mean. God knows what He's doing, and I believe that wholeheartedly.

Answer 6

I don't know for sure, I am sure no one can really answer this question, I'd like to think that God wants the good people with him in heaven, while the earth contains the nasty evil people, BUT with that in mind, I also think God doesn't take them the nasty people because he gives everyone a chance to turn their lives around. Some may never but I like to think he never loses hope for them.

Answer 7

Well, really the bad die too. They just die later sometimes.

Answer 8

Define good and bad.
I know a preacher that killed a man while he was young, went to prison reformed and has saved lifes (and by some religions souls) since.
The man he killed was an excellent family man and an avid church goer, but was a thief and violent criminal.

So... define good or bad

Answer 9

God takes the good because He knows they deserve heaven early. He gives the bad every possible chance to change.

Answer 10

It is always the brave ones who die.
-ancient Klingon proverb

Those who seek to save their life will lose it and visa versa...
-modern Biblical paraphrase

There is something in the nature of virtue that lends itself to death. This preserves it rarity and is why we use the term "self-sacrificing"