I just want to know how much suffering others must endure so your god can say he is loved by those who choose of their own Free Will?
2007-07-06 05:22:02 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
When you worship a god who has no qualms about wiping out a city or two; or all the first born male children in a country; or every single human being except for one family; then what's a few million deaths here or there?
2007-07-06 05:25:01 · answer #1 · answered by Dave P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's not the point. The point of having free will is that people get to choose how they want to live their lives (good or bad). I think that Hitler and Bid Laden and every other psycho out there that brings harm to another person deserves whatever they get (shot, bombed, etc). Unfortunately when it comes to "Free Will" you can't pick and choose who gets it. It's an all or nothing deal. What we, as people, choose to do with that gift is up to us.
P.S. I'm not a Christian but felt compelled to answer this anyway.
2007-07-06 12:28:35 · answer #2 · answered by Trouble_13 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Remember that those who agreed with Hitler had free will as well and a lot of good people failed to do anything even knowing what this madman was planning.
2007-07-06 12:25:24 · answer #3 · answered by Sir Offenzalot 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was not only Hitler exercising his free will, but also all those who chose to follow him. Sadly many make bad choices that impact others but it is not up to us to be the free will police. After all wasn't that what Hitler was all about?
2007-07-06 12:28:11 · answer #4 · answered by Nora Explora 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
So, if God does not exist, I guess suffering suddenly becomes acceptable, because life is then totally devoid of any rational meaning.
I see it all so clearly now! "God" is bad because He allows suffering which would not be a problem if only He didn't exist!!!
We wouldn't expect any "better" from a cold, mindless creation that existed for no reason at all!
Thanks! Life's so much better all of a sudden....
2007-07-06 12:28:45 · answer #5 · answered by jbtascam 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Why not let Hitler have free will? He wasn't a prisoner and he will pay for what he's done in Hell.
What I'm more concerned about are Muslim extremists who murder people on a daily basis in the name of "Allah".
2007-07-06 12:24:51 · answer #6 · answered by ☆Bombastic☆ 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i don,t mes more with bin laden and Hitler as a Cristian wand the give of Catholic charismatic i pray for all and the testimony of many people is making me pray more and more
2007-07-06 21:48:44 · answer #7 · answered by reyes3161954ant 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why would some have free will and not others? god is a spirit and those who worship him must worship him in spirit and truth. So if we didn't have free will and some one worshiped God, would it be in truth if they were forced to do it or didn't love God for who he was?
2007-07-06 12:27:43 · answer #8 · answered by Dustinthewind 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question. But they'll have an answer, something about god having reasons that we can't understand.
2007-07-06 12:25:20 · answer #9 · answered by Elaine P...is for Poetry 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
So if we believe in God, people will do bad things.
But if we don't believe in God, people won't do bad things.
I think they'll do bad things regardless, don't you?
2007-07-06 12:25:23 · answer #10 · answered by Julian 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋