Last year, a million children died of disease, famine, and natural disasters. Where was God?

Question

Do you hear the silence of the theists?

Throughout the 1990's more than 100 million children will die from illness and starvation. That's 10 million a year, not 1 million. My bad... Even so, God could have prevented it, or did he CAUSE it? hmmmm

Like an idiot, I keep using the lexicon of believers. Stupid me. The reason he allows (or causes) children to die is... HE DOESN'T EXIST.

Answer 1

Where were you?

How much of your income did you give to help these children? Where did you volunteer? Who did you support, to try to save the suffering Children?

Rather than self-righteously blame "God," for the deaths of these children, how much responsibility are you willing to accept?

Answer 2

Oh puhhh leeeze !!! So, God is now 'meals on wheels'?

So God has become the local emergency care clinic?

So God is now supposed to stop all the natural wind, storm, summer and winter processes; so people don't get rained on?

Facts: This world groans under the bondage of sin. Sickness and death are the logical outcomes of said condition.

As long as countries like the u.s. of a. and the soviet union can squander hundreds of billions of dollars on war machinery; there's going to be famine.

And, as long as the earth has been here - there have been extremes of weather and will continue to be. Global warming MAY be a contributing factor of our current warming period. But, it is happening because 'we' insist upon running up and down the roads in our steel, plastic and glass coffins - and thus further pollute the air and use up the dinosaur guts and bones. btw: we make the arabs and argentinians very, very wealthy.

Even when 'aid' food, medical supplies and so on gets into the majority of countries that desperately need it; the warlords and people in power -- keep it for themselves. There's where the problem lies !! OR, Blame God, He's got broad shoulders.
Maranantha

Answer 3

Are you serious, a million children died?
Plus how many more adults?
There is an excess of six billion people on the planet and growing. It is obvious there are more people being born everyday then there are people dying.
This planet, which God designed, was not design to sustain these many people.
I think disease, famine, and natural disasters are allowed by God as a way of population control.

Answer 4

This is the old argument that if God is good and all powerful, then there would be no evil in the world.

Since there is evil, some conclude that there is no God because this “proves” He is not God.

The argument says, if He is all powerful, yet he chooses to allow evil to exist, then he is not all good (therefore not God) or…

If he is all good, but cannot eliminate evil, then he is not all powerful and therefore He is not God.

Either way, the skeptics conclude that there is no “God”.

But, how do you define evil?

If “evil” is just a function of the human mind (dislikes, preferences, opinions, a majority vote, etc.) then this proves nothing about God.

One person (or group of people, nation of people, race of people) may say one thing is wrong, or evil, while another group would say it was good.

The Nazi government said, and had soldiers convinced that it was good, to torture and kill Jews. The British and American governments and people disagreed. Who was right? If “evil” is just based on opinions,a subjective human standard, then there is no true, objective right or wrong.

Again if evil is just a function of the human desires, then this says nothing about whether there is or is not a God. For example, if I am wearing a red shirt and I pass someone on the street who thinks red shirts are evil, they may say “Look there is evil in the world, therefore I know there is no God!”

I may then pass someone who thinks red shirts are good! That person may look at the same shirt and say “Look how much good is in the world! Because of this I know there is a God!”

Neither of these people have proved their point because their conclusion is not based on an objective standard! It is based on their opinion.

If, however, there is a standard of evil that transcends subjective human feelings, if some things are intrinsically evil, if there is a “higher standard” of what is good and evil, THEN there is proof about God!

If there is a higher standard of evil, then there must also be a higher standard of good! There must be also a source for that standard! That higher standard, and the source of that standard, is God! The existence of a higher standard proves there is a God!

The conclusion must be intrinsic evil exists, therefore I know God exists!

Answer 5

Disease, famine and natural disasters are what God does. It may sound a bit harsh but God is many times viewed as exclusively benevolent -- the bible doesn't say this, it plainly states that God is just, righteous, holy and merciful -- and slow to wrath.

Christians too are sometimes perplexed by this type of question, but it doesn't mean that God doesn't exist just because bad things happen.

Answer 6

First off, you made up that number. Far More than that died.

Second, If you don't believe in God, what are you obsessed with Him?

Third, If you ever read the Book, which I know you haven't, the THEORY is that God made Paradise, humanity screwed it up. So why shouldn't man fix the problems he created.

Fourth -- Life and death are not the same thing to God that it is to us down here.

You see, if you at leased glanced at the Bible you would at least understand the God you claim does not exist. Not believing in something you know nothing about doesn't do much for your creditability.

Answer 7

Stop blaming God and start doing something to help the poor. God will ask you what things you did to make this world a better place to live. Where were your monetary contributions to charitable organizations? How many hours did you spend feeding the poor? The reason people are starving is because other people do nothing to help.
Nothing to do with God, everything to do with people.

Answer 8

So blame God for what man with his free will does? In Africa alone men have ruined that continent and have caused pain and suffering throughout. A wonderful agricultural land turned into a barren mine field and battle ground between thugs with big weapons and helpless citizens trying to make a living. It is heartbreaking what man does to man.

Answer 9

Just where Adam left HIM, Kicked Out of this Universe (Personally and Legally too!).

When Adam Changed Gods, GOD Almighty had to "Legally" Remove HIMSELF from Personally Teaching US how to Rule and Reign in this Creation (Earth and Star System).

GOD goes by Legal Things too! (Spiritual Contracts HE makes with Others)

Answer 10

People including children have been dying for thousands of years from the things you mention. Those things are the consequence of sin which entered into man at the time of Adam and Eve. It will continue until Jesus finished His plan of redemption and returns. Until then sin and its consequences will continue.