How do Christians justify all the bad in the world?

Question

If you start learning about all the atrocities in the world, all the death and and repression, oh also the diseases like cancer and peoples who's fault isn't to have AIDS, what does it make you think about God? I believe in God 100% and it sucks that this happeneds, but yeah w/eve.

Answer 1

All you are required to justify is your own life, everything else falls under the heading of "Sh*t Happens......XXX

Answer 2

Learn from our master, Jesus:

Luke 13
1 Now there were some present at that time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. 2 Jesus answered, "Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way? 3 I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish. 4 Or those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them—do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem? 5 I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish."


This is not our world! It doesn't belong to us, and we can do nothing about the bad stuff. You ask for justification? From what? Are you really asking that we should justify God because bad stuff happens to people? Is that what you will be doing in heaven? Telling God that you don't approve of what He is or isn't doing.

Do you have any idea how rebellious you sound?

That's you flesh talking. And you might want to get a hold of that and tell it to shut up. It'll take you down further!

Answer 3

God gives everyone "free will," which means that God does not control any of us. We can do as we please. If God controlled us, no one would sin. With that said, since God gives every one of us our own free will, it is all of us "free willing" humans that are causing all of the deaths, repression, AIDS, etc. It is not God who is doing all of the horrible things that are happening on this earth. Our earth was suppose to be Heaven. But Adam and Eve sinned, therefore allowing sin into the earth, and ever since then, sin has been here and it is just getting worse. The earth is what I call, "Hell" and I believe we are all living in Hell on this earth, and we will do so until Jesus comes backs and saves us from Hell. The earth is the devils domain. Ever human can choose to commit sin or to not commit sin. We have free will and we have a "choice" to do good or evil. Again, it is not God who is doing this to all of us here on earth-it is us humans. And God is not going to break his oath to us and take our free will away from us. He never has and He never will. But rest assured, those who do commit evil will pay a high price for what they have done because God says His revenge is just.

Answer 4

According to my belief, God has let the Devil rule the World for the time being. He has given Satan control of the Earth. However, soon Christ will come again and the Devil will finally be put into the Lake of Fire and all disease and suffering will end. Hope everyone has a great day and, if you care to know more and find out how much Jesus really loved you, check out my sources. Thanks for the question.

Answer 5

I don't justify all the bad in the world. We live in a world that operates under the natural order, and humans have choices and make decisions. God is present with us, and understands deeply our suffering. God seeks to alleviate the hurting in the world through others. It has been said, "God has no hands but ours." As people of faith, we can seek to be loving and compassionate in the name of God, but we cannot erase or fix all the problems in the world.

Answer 6

You're looking at it all wrong. You're looking at events from a human short-term perspective. Try looking at all these same events from God's long-term perspective.

Also, I notice people like you ONLY mention the bad things that happen. Don't you realize that more good things happen than bad things? Try counting one day.

Besides, what if nothing bad ever happened in anyone's life? What need would we have for faith in a God? Maybe bad things happen so we don't forget God is there.

Just trust that God knows what he's doing.

Answer 7

You're not supposed to question God and fault God because people die a premature death on his earth, be it from AIDS or something else. The Lord has a plan for everybody. It's not a perfect world because it's not supposed to be. We're not all supposed to live comfortably and until we're 200 years old. You have to accept that.

Answer 8

Christians do not justify the bad in the world. God has for-told of it coming. I think God is loving, merciful, my Savior. The world is the cause of all the bad in the world not God.

Answer 9

Well in the Bible it talks about how the Devil wanted humans to have free will. God's plan was to govern over humans and then the Devil questioned his position. So God said: "Ok Devil, let's see how your "free will" works for humans. So, as a result of the Devil questioning God we have a world run by The Devil. Therefore, all the violence and hate on the Earth is a result of the Devils insistance that humans govern themselves. As we can see humans have done a great job. (being sarcastic)

Answer 10

The (Eastern) Orthodox Church takes the view that suffering is a symptom of the general "diseased" state of our fallen world. We are undergoing a cure (Christ), but it works best when it is allowed to work things through in the fullness of time. The other choice would have been severely radical surgery.

Answer 11

What you really want to know is how could God have the audacity to not provide you with a cushy, problem free existence where there are no problems. Your don't appear to acknowledge that there is good in the world, or to be thankful for it. Prior to questioning God's response to life's problems, perhaps you might question your own.

Why does God allow poverty and tragedy? The better question is ...why do we?