2007-11-13 12:48:14 · 33 answers · asked by I don't know 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Almighty God can stop evil in the world. Why doesn't he? I don't know, I understand there is some reason I don't understand, but when I am frustrated and devastated... Well, this is how it is.
2007-11-13 22:38:11 · answer #1 · answered by Avner Eliyahu R 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Look at it this way. If God is omnipotent and omniscient, which is a Christian belief, then: He knows in advance of creating any soul the exact thoughts and actions that that person will experience during each and every millisecond of that life. He supposedly will not stop that person from doing evil because of "free will". However, because everything was set at the time of your soul's creation by God, what chance do you have of changing anything by your own choice. The answer is no chance at all. This is why free will and Christianity don't work together. This is why the Christian God would be responsible for the evil in the world....that is IF he actually existed.
2007-11-13 12:57:29 · answer #2 · answered by brddg1974 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Men, is at fault of all the Evil that is possessing the World, if we do not change our ways, we will be Living like Animals in the Future, or God will end the Human Race as he is seeing all the Evil that is going on.
2007-11-13 13:39:35 · answer #3 · answered by a.vasquez7413@sbcglobal.net 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the same stories that include a god include some sort of antagonist. The two are forever linked. When you believe in an all-powerful god, it is only reasonable to wonder why he doesn't prevent some of the evil. Consider the bible carefully. It is a story of good vs evil, but evil doesn't win as often in the bible as it does in real life. If we are to believe the Bible, then we must also have reason to believe that God has changed in some way, or has stopped caring, because he allows so much evil to continue.
2007-11-13 12:55:09 · answer #4 · answered by Katie Short, Atheati Princess 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Christianity in the beginning was a Full Gospel religion. Some but not all, still are. According to the History of Christianity, Early Christian Religions believed that there were 2 Gods, because the God of the Old Testament was wrathful and the God of the New Testament is loving. It's surprising how many Christians don't know about the History of their Religion.
2007-11-13 12:59:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I guess it's because they know that God is sovereign and feel that since He has the power to stop the evil in this world that He should , and when He doesn't they blame Him.Not understanding that He in all of His power and might gives man freedom of choice and it is our own wickedness that we see in this world .We have perverted all that He has given us and it is us MAN that .Now don't be mistaken God is a God of LOVE, but He is also a God of Judgment.Read the word and you yourself will see that God is quite capable of inflicting punishment in those who choose not to believe on the name of His Son Jesus.Best Wishes
2007-11-13 13:27:16 · answer #6 · answered by Man of Arms 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because they do not want to give GOD the glory for all the good things in life but are quick to assign blame when something bad happens! forgetting that many times it is because of their own actions or choices or someone elses!!!
if you go get drunk and drive a car and kill yourself or someone else you then have the nerve to blame GOD!!! give me a break !!!! there is evil in the world because people are selfish,wicked,careless,heartless and thoughtless and disrespectful and lovers of themselves more than GOD!!! they do not want to be responsible so they do not act responsibly but their action or inaction puts them clearly at fault and not GOD!!! the truth is the truth and blaming GOD or any one or any thing else does not change it!!!!!
2007-11-13 13:05:12 · answer #7 · answered by dixie58 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A minister and an atheistic barber were once walking through the city slums. Said the barber to the preacher, "This is why I cannot believe in a God of love. If God was as kind as you say, He would not permit all this poverty and disease. He would not allow these poor bums to be addicted to dope and other character destroying habits. No, I cannot believe in a God who permits these things." The minister was silent until they met a man who was especially unkempt and filthy. His hair was hanging down his neck, and he had a half-inch of stubble on his face. Said the minister, "You can't be a very good barber or you wouldn't permit a man like that to continue living in this neighborhood without a haircut or a shave." Indignantly the barber nswered, "Why blame me for that man's condition? I can't help it that he is like that. He has never given me a chance to help him. If he would only come to my shop, I could fix him up and make him look like a gentleman!" The minister then brought the point home. "Then why do you blame God for allowing people to continue in their evil ways, when He is constantly inviting them to come and be saved? The reason these people remain slaves to sin and evil habits is because they refuse to come to the One who died to save and deliver them. Even the best barber in the world cannot help someone who refuses to sit in his chair." The barber saw the point.
2007-11-13 12:53:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 2⤋
because people take the easy way out, instead of trying to figure out why things happen, lets blame something they don't understand. If they took the time to get to know God they would understand why things happen.
2007-11-13 22:53:35 · answer #9 · answered by Fugitive Peices 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
KJV Isaiah 45:7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
NAS Isaiah 45:7 The One forming light and creating darkness, Causing well-being and creating calamity; I am the LORD who does all these.
In Hebrew that says:
ו למען ידעו ממזרח־שמש וממערבה כי־אפס בלעדי אני יהוה ואין עוד׃
There is nothing necessary that God does not cause, there is nothing caused that is not necessary.
Now, having said all that, we sin when we blame God for the natural results of our own sins. I cannot violate the laws of God with impunity any more than I can violate the laws of His natural order with impunity!
Romans 8:28
And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.
All things happen to Christians just as they do to unbelievers, rain and drought, cancer and wealth. God takes all of those "things" both good and bad, and makes them work together for good; but only for the believers, to those who love God and are called for His purposes.
This does not mean that we can call EVIL good, or GOOD evil. Evil and good are what they are, but in all those things, God is making them work for us, in his glory.
Suffering is still suffering, maryters are still dead, but for the glory of God, and they are rewarded for that in glory.
1 Corinthians 3:11-14
11 For no man can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 Now if any man builds upon the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, 13 each man's work will become evident; for the day will show it, because it is to be revealed with fire; and the fire itself will test the quality of each man's work. 14 If any man's work which he has built upon it remains, he shall receive a reward.
2007-11-13 13:00:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋