Perhaps all of humanity had it coming. Perhaps all of humanity was even quite evil...... though I'm not sure that means "beyond redemption". Would you thank him for being a kind and loving god after he'd wiped out nearly all of human kind as you know it?
I'm not sure I could thank a deity like that even if he declares "I am right because I am right, and that's why this slaughter was right". Perhaps my moral compass is off. Perhaps it's due to my own shortcoming that I cannot see the goodness in mass genocide.
Can you?
2007-08-05 08:41:32 · 9 answers · asked by ZER0 C00L ••AM••VT•• 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I don't think the "I had to follow orders" worked in the Nuremburg Trials against the Nazis either...
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2007-08-05 08:44:19 · answer #1 · answered by Laptop Jesus 3.9 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
I believe in GOD. I believe in a loving God, that's about forgiveness, altruism and equality. I believe in this because it has helped me through the hard times in my life. Without my God I don't know how I would have gotten through certain times of my life. No, I don't think that burning the bible is worse than burning down your home. Burning a bible is horrible, but I need a place to live lol. I don't mind it when someone else has a different perspective or religion. It's interesting, I like hearing other views and aspects of spirituality. God didn't kill his own son, humans did. God sent his son to show us a sinless human being. He died for our salvation. I am not a slave of God.
2016-05-19 08:05:51 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only way anyone could begin to thank Him would be if reincarnation was guaranteed (which I believe it is, but I still do not think I would do any thanking).
Interesting. He wrote on a blackboard and wanted to erase what he wrote. I think that is part of the reason why the new testament was written -- to envelop followers in love instead of fear. Actually, that was one of the reasons I left Judaism and became a baptized Christian. I believe in Source, but I believe in a LOVING Source. I could not rationalize Abraham's father in that light.
Good question -- thanks for taking me to the next level.
2007-08-05 08:55:40 · answer #3 · answered by Shihan 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is perspective based.
Do you thank an anesthesiologist or do you put them in prison for putting you to sleep because you need surgery?
God knows that our spiritual lives are eternal so removing someone from a life in this world does not "kill" them, it just changes the world in which they exist.
If a person does this it is called "murder", the taking of a life from this world.
When God does this it is called "natural", the taking of a life from this world.
2007-08-05 09:00:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I am sure that by now, you know that God works in mysterious ways. Haven't you ever heard anyone say " I love you to death"? Drink.
Doesn't the guy above me look like he wants to sell you an insurance policy?
2007-08-05 12:55:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
God has offered salvation to all of humanity, and those He has already rescued from sin, death and the devil number in the millions.
You have made a serious error.
2007-08-05 08:47:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
I cannot concieve of thanking Hitler for the holocaust....
2007-08-05 08:48:13 · answer #7 · answered by Ũniνέгsäl Рдnтsthέisт™ 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Why Do We Suffer?
Lets see what the bible has to say about suffering starting in the beginning. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. (Genesis 1:1) God saw all that He had made, and it was very good. (Genesis 1:31) So, God created everything and saw everything was good. This means in the beginning there was no suffering at all.
If there was no suffering in the beginning how did suffering come to the world? When Adam sinned he brought death and suffering into the world. Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned. (Romans 5:12) Here is Gods curse to us because of Adam: To Adam he said, "Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, 'You must not eat of it,' "Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field. By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return." (Genesis 3: 17-19)
As you can see man brought suffering on himself. Sin is the cause of suffering. Without sin there is no suffering. Without the law there is no sin. So anything God says not to do is sin. Sin is lawlessness. For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. (Romans 3:23) Sin is simply rebelling against God. The effect of our rebelling against God is death and suffering. Sin was the biggest cancer that was brought on to the earth. Sin separates us from God. When we are separated from God we are cursed. Through the curse of our separation there is suffering.
When people say why do bad things happen to good people? The answer is no one is good. Jesus said, “No one is good—except God alone.” (Luke 18:19) The question should be why does God allow good things to happen to bad people. No one goes to God first. God has to come to us first. No one seeks God. So the answer to the question about suffering is simply we suffer because of our rebellion against God. Sin is the reason of suffering and death.
2007-08-05 08:46:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 8⤋
God is sovereign. You're not. I trust God's judgement. Not yours. Bye
2007-08-05 08:45:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 8⤋