John 9:1-41
2007-08-27 06:10:36 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
So it would seem, but according to the fable, in the end it just made Jesus of Nazareth so unpopular they eventually killed him. Nice dad.
2007-08-27 09:06:01 · answer #1 · answered by genaddt 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There's a lot of Jesusism in Christianity. It's so much easier to root for the hero than take on responsibilty oneself. And that produces ideas like this, that the "meaning" of suffering is to provide opportunities to "glorify" God when it ends.
In truth, the story should tell us that when we see suffering, we should make the effort to relieve it. Jesus the man did not help this guy before because he didn't know about him, the same way we don't know about a problem until we encounter it. But if we DO encounter it, we'd better not wait around for Jesus to fix it. People depend on God entirely too much, and they have no right to tell others to do the same.
2007-08-27 14:31:21 · answer #2 · answered by skepsis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Jesus "looked good" in that instance because he stood up to and corrrected an evil that happend to his man at his birth.
What he said to his disciples was that blindness was not a result of sin -- it just happened. And now Jesus was going to make good come from evil by helping the man to see and by giving us an example of what we should be doing as His disciples.
Birth defects happen. I don't know why God doesn't stop them, but He doesn't. The message is for us to follow Jesus's example and go through our worlds correcting evil when we encounter it to the best of our ability.
2007-08-27 13:16:54 · answer #3 · answered by Acorn 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
What do you not understand about God as the Potter and you are the clay. God can make his pots anyway He wants to make His pots. God can even decide not to make you. Some people totally miss the concept of who God is and they limit God greatly. God cannot be limited. God is sovereign.
God does not change.
2007-08-27 13:19:12 · answer #4 · answered by Jeancommunicates 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You should not draw a conclusion lest you know the whole story. And considering you will never know what happened to that man in the afterlife I suggest you hasten not to slander "Bible god." 18 years of suffering in exchange for an eternity of bliss sounds more than fair to me =)
Peace.
2007-08-27 13:16:53 · answer #5 · answered by justmyinput 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Moses got 40
2007-08-27 13:15:49 · answer #6 · answered by Tom 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, the miracle was that the blind man had faith in Jesus and went to the pool of Siloam, and received his sight.
2007-08-27 13:18:05 · answer #7 · answered by great gig in the sky 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. I think you've grossly misinterpreted that story. It sounded to me like Jesus was basically saying it was nobody's fault the man was blind, it wasn't because somebody had sinned, as the Jews believed.
What an awesome story of Jesus's mercy and love though. Thanks for reminding me of that one. :-)
2007-08-27 13:17:29 · answer #8 · answered by Open Heart Searchery 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Remember, "god" is nothing more than a nonsense word created by man to explain away all of the things we can't yet understand.
Religion is a disease of the mind, born of fear, which has done nothing but bring untold misery down upon the human race.
2007-08-27 13:15:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
um, no. the bible isn't true.
hope that clears it up for you.
2007-08-27 13:25:04 · answer #10 · answered by Kim Christ 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋