Christians?

Question

Why do you thank god for all the good things but fail to blame him for all the bad. I mean if someone ran out into the road and got hit by a car and survived, everyone would be thanking God and thinking he was great, but if the person died no christian would blame him at all, thinking it was a tragic accident that no one could help.

How can you thank someone for all the good and then not blame him for the bad?

If he is controlling all the good stuff in this world, then he must be controlling the bad too?

Martin S- That didn't answer my question just made God out to be even more of an ego maniac, because that story of Job makes me sick.

Answer 1

i know exactly what you mean.
if someone just barely survives an accident
then that somehow is supposed to prove god exists.

its just rationalization
plain and simple

Answer 2

God doesn't want bad things to happen in this world, but this world is broken and there is a conflict between God and Satan over control.

Here's how I look at it: how can you appreciate good if there is no evil? If there is no evil in this world, then how can we say anything is good? It's relative. Think about your favorite movie. I'm sure there's some negative force that the main character has to overcome. Now take away that negative force. Don't really have much of a movie, do you? Without struggle, there can be no triumph, without sadness, there can be no joy, and if war wasn't an issue, peace wouldn't really be one either. There'd just be existence.

If you are looking for a place with no evil, well, look no further than heaven. Even heaven wouldn't mean anything if we as humans didn't know what suffering and pain was like.

Answer 3

That's not true at all. What you are failing to understand is a basic aspect of Christian theology regarding free will. You're asking this in a very simplistic manner.

As a Christian, I believe, along with most Christians, that God grants everyone free will no matter how AWFUL the actions are that they take. That means we all undertake certain actions knowing fully what their consequences will be-- the good or the bad.

Most Christians believe that God intervenes, but we cannot predict WHEN and HOW that intervention occurs. It's what most of us believe as "God's Will", but that is not to say there aren't things that can't be done on our behalf. Yet because of free will and the interactions that others actions have, there is really no way to determine whether or not something was God's will. I know this sounds like confusing rubbish, what welcome to the Christian's world! That is why we have something called "faith".

When people thank God for certain things-- what is so bad about that? Why not? I thank God sometimes for not so great things that happen to me, because in the end I needed to see what the outcome was to learn from it. Christians, and other people from various faiths, choose to place blame or to place thanks towards God for just about everything.

As for your example-- anyone who purposefully runs out into the middle of the road is ASKING to get hit by a car-- that's common sense! They are choosing to take that risk and yes by the grace of God they don't die-- but in the end, placing blame on God for a situation like that is brainless and ignores the very obvious fact that the person made a voluntary choice to run out into the street.

Do you really think that God is always the one who causes great things to happen? Humans also create great things as well and are able to bring happiness and joy. I have the ability to make things better-- I have the ability to make my life better and to touch the lives of those around me, and even far away, even if it's indirectly. It's just a matter of whether or not I CHOOSE to.

I do not believe God controls everything in the world-- it has come to the time where we as humans have control over both good and evil. I do believe God intervenes, yes but what good does it make to have free will? We are rewarded-- and punished equally-- for our good and bad actions.

Answer 4

Things happen for a reason. I thank God for all that he has done for me in my life and many times I have not understood why I had to go through a lot of the tough times that I have had to face. I do give God credit for both good and bad. I can look back over my life now and i can see that some of the things that I thought were horrible happened for a reason and that is why is am happy now. If anything in life were different, goo or bad, you would not be the person that you are now with the same people around you. I just try to be grateful for everything.

Answer 5

It is true God loves everyone..but not everyone is in His jurisdiction becoz they are not His children.

A born again believer is a child of God. As a child, you have many benefits from God, one of it is divine protection.
Becoz in the beginning, God created adam and give him the keys to control the earth. But when adam fell, the keys is taken away by the devil. How did God redeem this situation? He sent the 2nd Adam, Jesus Christ, so that by His Death and by His blood shed, He conquared death and take back the Keys from Hell.
So, all those who believe in Jesus, born again, have the keys by the power of our prayer and the things that we speak.

God states very clearly in the Bible that the Devil is here "to steal, kill & destroy" because his time is running out.

So, when bad things happen, its supernatural that people will blame God and not the Devil?

It is shocking to let you know again that it is true God loves everyone, but HE will only protect His own, His Children, Because we as His children, we have been set apart (santified) from the world.

Answer 6

Good question. God doesn't control as in orchestrate. He gets involved where He sees a need to. He allows things to happen when He sees a need to.

Two thoughts ...

One – we are to give Him glory even when bad things happen to us. The bad gives us strength to endure and I can certainly attest to that. If life were always grand, I think we'd get bored after a while.

Two - One of the things God tries to get through our thick skulls is that we need Him. When I'm challenged or when tragedy strikes, I lean on God big time. And honestly, no one on this earth has been able to do for me what God has. One you get to know Him, you come to realize He's ever-faithful. He's never let me down.

Answer 7

Yup, that is hard. But I rather think we don't praise Him enough for everything, as in count your blessings. We are given free will, and most every stupid thing that goes wrong in this world has already been given limitations to us in the ten commandments, and then Jesus suffered for all that came before, now and after, but today in my state, a police officer was ambushed and shot dead, doing his duty. He chose to do this wonderful job, we accept that our police officers are there to help us, but we rarely have to witness their loss for our sakes. Why are we fighting this war? Why are there fires raging in the Western U.S. like never before. And flooding? Hurricanes killing thousands. God does not plan for that to happen, but if we use our greenhouse gases unwisely and do nothing to avoid these, why should He prevent them from happening. Evil is on this earth - and those of us who want to stop it have ideas and try to use our ideas to do good for those around us, but we all have to pull together, as in this past week-end, all over the world with Live Earth, so that we, as a whole world, can put into effect ways to green up our world, and maybe we can do it in time. I have a daughter who I hope will eventually have children, and that they will not have to suffer for our carelessness.

Just remember, count your blessings, the good you think you have, and they will absolutely outweigh your grumbles, or I hope they will. When you wake up tomorrow morning, go out and do something good for someone, and don't tell a soul, as God will know, and you will feel terrific.

Sorry for the sermon. It just rolled over past midnight, I should've known better.

Answer 8

He allows some bad to happen.

It is part of the plan. Right now the comforter is here and is keeping evil at bay, but not totally restricted.

At some point, only the father knows, evil will have run its course and be cast into the fire.
After this, the new heaven and new earth come down and we will be back to pre sin status and once again in communion with God, and evil will not be there.

Answer 9

Bad things often come from bad decisions. God gave us the freedom of choice, but that also means that we are able to choose the wrong. One of my friends said she believes it brings God more glory when we choose to love him. Ever since sin entered the world, it has not been a perfect place. Think of Job. He had so many horrible things in his life. God didn't cause it, but He allowed it to show Satan that Job would still be faithful because Satan said that Job only loved God because he was blessed. Satan said that if God allowed bad things to happen to Job, Job would curse GOd. But God knew Job was a righteous man and he allowed Satan to cause the bad things to show him taht Job would still be faithful. After all of that, Job remained faithful and reciened more than he lost.

Answer 10

God isn't "controlling" the world. He has given humans free-will to make their own decisions. Often, we make poor decisions that lead to bad things happening. This is not God's fault. We praise God because, as it says in the Bible God is the source of all that is good. All goodness flows from God.

God Bless!!

Answer 11

Romans 8:28 All things work together for good for those who love the Lord... So I have to wait a while to decide if what has happened is truly bad, although don't worry I have had a few hissy fits, always got to be careful though one guy wrestled God (Jacob aka Israel) and he needed a crutch for His hip...