How can god be real?

Question

I see so much evil in the world and so many bad things going on,
So if God was real and as all this power like them that believe claim he does,lets face it they say he made us and the world we live in,why does he not step in and put a end to all the nasty stuff in the world?
If you have the power to end all suffering what kind of a person sits down and looks over us all and does nothing?

PLEASE think before you answer,do not give me this he will do it in his own time,people are starving to death,killing each other the weather is changing and the world is ripping it's self apart, how much needs to go on how many have to suffer and die before he steps in then?
WHY does he watch so much first if one day you claim he will step in and do something

Answer 1

Let me tell you a little story that will hopefully answeryour question: A man went to a barbershop to have
his hair cut and his beard trimmed.
As the barber began to work,
they began to have a good conversation.
They talked about so many things
and various subjects.


When they eventually touched on
the subject of God, the barber said:
"I don't believe that God exists."


"Why do you say that?"
asked the customer.


"Well, you just have to go out in
the street to realize that God
doesn't exist. Tell me, if God exists,
would there be so many sick people?
Would there be abandoned children?
If God existed, there would be neither
suffering nor pain.
I can't imagine a loving a God who
would allow all of these things."


The customer thought for a moment,
but didn't respond because he didn't
want to start an argument.
The barber finished his job and the customer
left the shop.

Just after he left the barbershop,
he saw a man in the street with long,
stringy, dirty hair and an untrimmed
beard.
He looked dirty and un-kept.


The customer turned back and entered
the barber shop again and he said
to the barber:
"You know what? Barbers do not exist."


"How can you say that?"
asked the surprised barber.
"I am here, and I am a barber.
And I just worked on you!"


"No!" the customer exclaimed.
"Barbers don't exist because
if they did, there would be no
people with dirty long hair
and untrimmed beards,
like that man outside."


"Ah, but barbers DO exist!
What happens is, people
do not come to me."


"Exactly!"-
affirmed the customer.
"That's the point!
God, too, DOES exist!
What happens, is, people
don't go to Him
and do not look for Him.
That's why there's so much pain
and suffering in the world."


I agree with you that the world is becoming evil, but it's not God's fault. God will stop this madness when you least expect it, I promise. Godspeed.

EDIT-
What kind of person? God is not a person. We (not everybody), too, are watching people suffer, and instead of doing something about it some blame God. Maybe you were led to ask this question to jerk everyone's covers, I mean, maybe God wants us to get out there and do something instead of waiting for Him.

Answer 2

God does more than we know.

We don't know when and where he intervenes, and how much worse the world could be than it is because of what he does.

If you really think about it, what would this world be like if God ended all suffering right now? What if there were no punishment for wrong doing? That would be one result of ending all suffering. Should God end the suffering of the innocent so that the guilty can go free?

That's the way that modern man's thinking goes. The criminal shouldn't be punished too severely because he is a human being with rights, but the people that he harmed aren't held in the same regard. Everything is turned upside down and all the blame is placed on God. We do not feel we should be held accountable any longer, as human beings.

edit:

This world got in line for destruction when sin entered into it. Those who want to preserve it are not listening to God, who has told us what he is going to do, because of sin. He is not going to remove the sin from this world, because people choose sin over his will. He is going to judge this world. There will be a last day of the earth, and it is approaching rapidly.

Answer 3

Tough question. While I sometimes struggle with this very issue I believe that free will and consequences play an enormous part. As a parent I love my children but cannot always protect or save them from the consequences of their own or others actions. The "nasty stuff" unfortunately plays a part . Also, while its hard to accept we can't possibly hope to fully understand what a being that could create man, the earth with all it encompasses, heaven, angels, the universe and the plan he has for us thinks. I'm not sure this helps. Personally I pray for acceptance and understanding believing that God knows what he is doing even if I don't understand. I hope this helps you.

Answer 4

If nobody suffers,then why should anybody be afraid of doing whatever he/she likes?Can a community or a society live peace fully when it's free for all?Why should every body have a ball all the time and not a bad patch in life?No matter how we answer such questions,we can't blame a third party for things in which HE has no visible hand.God never told us that He shall do this or that for us.So,let's ask his agents or mouthpieces(self appointed)to answer such questions ,failing which we should be ready to impart a resounding kick on their backs.

Answer 5

I understand how you feel but there is a reason for it all. The problem is we sin! We have sinned since the beginning and continue to do it. God cast the devil down to us so there is suffering. The bible says that as soon as everyone knows the lord then he will come and gather us up with him, but this is only those who believe in him, the rest will be in the great war with satan the devil and jesus. He is giving us time to save ourself and believe in him. The bible says there will be longsuffering till Jesus appointed time to come. There will also be much more evil in the world too.
If we can keep our faith in him through all the evil and the suffering then we will be saved. Guess you could say it is a test for everlasting life. Maybe he is giving us a lesson. What happened in the beginning. The lord said do not eat of the tree of life and did they listen? NO He gave them a beautiful garden and they would not die, but they still had to sin in front of him and not listen to his word. This is the way it has been through out history. He has given and they sinned anyway. So what should we get for our sin? A perfect world so we can sin in it? Men do evil deeds and that is why there is evil in the world.. The lord gave us free reign till his coming.

Answer 6

It is called FAITH!

.. If you have faith that there is a God then there is also the Devil. There is good and bad in everything. I agree things in this world have seemed more messed up lately, but I ask myself if it is just the way I am looking at things,. I understand that it is SO hard sometimes, but you have to try to find something good in everything that seems so horribly wrong. Even if you don't understand it at that very moment, you may down the line. Weather it was to learn/grow from the experience, or just to show you how good YOU accually have it, compared to someone else. Maybe God feels that you need a little reminder.
We could spend our whole lives asking "WHY?" We just have to have faith that everything happens for a reason.

It is the only thing that gets me through the day sometimes.

Answer 7

life is balance, What you see is just your point of view. For every evil there's always good on the other side. that is why earth is alive.
nasty, pain, suffering again is just your personal point of view
God is anything about living. not the answer about your complain. Understand yourself. and you'll understand way of life. then you can call god whatever you want and that is real.

Answer 8

god is purely something people have created by using the years to describe the mysteries of the universe that folk draw close onto as an emblem of desire yet anybody is starting off to comprehend that they don't favor it anymore in todays society yet thats purely evolution and the form of humanity it quite is critical with the intention to live on the destiny we ought to forged aside the previous and attempt for a significantly better day after today

Answer 9

Hinduism can give some mystical answers .

Who is God? Where is God? How can I come to know God?"

God has no names, but all names are the names of God. Whether you call Him this or that, He remains Who He is. But in our tradition we call God by the loving name Siva, which is only one of His 1,008 traditional names. Supreme God Siva is both within us and outside of us. Even desire, the fulfillment of desire, the joy, the pain, the sorrow, birth and death -- this is all Siva, nothing but Siva.

This is hard to believe for the unenlightened individual who cannot see how a good, kind and loving God could create pain and sorrow. Actually, we find that Siva did not -- not in the sense that is commonly thought. God gave the law of karma, decreeing that each energy sent into motion returns with equal force.

In looking closely at this natural law, we can see that we create our own joy, our own pain, our own sorrow and our own release from sorrow. Yet we could not even do this except for the power and existence of our loving Lord. It takes much meditation to find God Siva in all things, through all things. In this striving -- as in perfecting any art or science -- regular daily disciplines must be faithfully adhered to.

Siva is the immanent personal Lord, and He is transcendent Reality. Siva is a God of love, boundless love. He loves each and every one. Each soul is created by Him and guided by Him through life. God Siva is everywhere. There is no place where Siva is not. He is in you. He is in this temple. He is in the trees. He is in the sky, in the clouds, in the planets. He is the galaxies swirling in space and the space between galaxies, too. He is the universe. His cosmic dance of creation, preservation and dissolution is happening this very moment in every atom of the universe. God Siva is, and is in all things. He permeates all things. He is immanent, with a beautiful form, a human-like form which can actually be seen and has been seen by many people in visions. He is also transcendent, beyond time, cause and space.

That is almost too much for the mind to comprehend, isn't it? Therefore, we have to meditate on these things. God Siva is so close to us. Where does He live? In the Third World. And in this form He can talk and think and love and receive our prayers and guide our karma. He commands vast numbers of devas who go forth to do His will all over the world, all over the galaxy, throughout the universe. These are matters told to us by the rishis; and we have discovered them in our own meditations. So always worship this great God. Never fear Him. He is the Self of your self. He is closer than your own breath. His nature is love, and if you worship Him with devotion you will know love and be loving toward others. Devotees of God Siva love everyone.

This is how God Siva can be seen everywhere and in everyone. He is there as the Soul of each soul. You can open your inner eye and see Him in others, see Him in the world as the world. Little by little, discipline yourself to meditate at the same time each day. Meditate, discover the silent center of yourself, then go deep within, to the core of your real Being. Slowly the purity comes. Slowly the awakening comes.

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Answer 10

There is only evil and suffering in this world because us humans have brought it upon ourselves;; thru sin entering the world! Right from the beginning of time, when adam and eve were created. They chose to not follow the path of God, but their own! We have to wait for God's timing ,,he loves everyone and is willing to forgive us for all our wrongs and sins by sacrificing his one and only son to pay the price;(Jesus) so we can get the gift of salvation and eternal life!! Isnt that amazing?
just hang in there.. coz this life isnt worth worrying about! Its the next that really counts!

God bless x <><