At church yesterday (My wife is a Christian), one of the songs played by the church band said that God controls the path of every lightning bolt. Christians, do you think this is true? If so, what do you think it means when a lightning bolt strikes a person causing them death or serious injury? Wouldn’t that mean that God killed the person? If you do not agree with the lyrics of the song, do you think God can intervene to prevent a lightning bolt from hitting someone if he wants to?
2007-09-10 03:56:27 · 6 answers · asked by Biggus Dickus 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Nope, it's called physics. Did god tell you what to eat for breakfast? Did he tell you what car to buy? No, because he doesn't exist.
2007-09-10 04:05:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the Almighty not only determines the path of bolts but also the sound of thunder. Keep in mind that if you pray for several days the bolts will not hit your barn but somebody else's barn and kill the sharecroppers sheltered there, man, woman and little bitty child, instead of your moo cow. God doesn't like poor people; he says again and again that if they were any dang good they wouldn't be poor. It's up to the Christian believer.
2007-09-10 04:14:36 · answer #2 · answered by Yank 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God created the world, which has an immense amount of power within itself. He's not the guy striking people to death or sending tornadoes through towns. Weather is not God. Just because we believe in God/a higher power than ourselves doesn't mean that we think he's playing us all and the world itself like little marionettes.
2016-05-21 02:43:16 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely.
That is why so many churches get stuck by lightning.
The fact that they tend to be the taller buildings is immaterial.
And a sphere is a better shape for the tip of a lightning rod, because it is a more perfect shape.
But lighting rods are heresy anyway, because we are interfearing with the will of God.
And yes, I am being sarcastic, but these are arguments that Ben Franklin really had to put up with.
2007-09-10 04:03:32 · answer #4 · answered by Simon T 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God created natural laws that everything would obey and function by. But God is not subject to natural law, and can usurp things. We call them miracles.
2007-09-10 04:07:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The 'make up the rules for god as you go along' seems to be the norm for Christian believers.
2007-09-10 04:01:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋