God could have let us be born in wonderful bliss in heaven. There, we would have the choice to defy him and join Satan and his cronies, or we could worship him forever and ever amen.
Instead...
He set it up so that the sins of Adam & Eve curse all of humanity. Now people suffer, starve, die, get murdered, and toil all day every day. People get confused about which god is THE god, and many people honestly (and understandably) don't believe any gods exist.
Seems like God really screwed up - what's the deal?
2007-12-10 05:42:01 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
He wanted all to have free will and make up there own minds. Peace
2007-12-10 05:48:52 · answer #1 · answered by PARVFAN 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Maybe this is the better way. For example, existence in perfect bliss doesn't allow for development, choice, or even a separate existence. Maybe God doesn't have intentions or plans the way we say It does. maybe our existence is an immanent manfiestation of the transcendant God Herself. Whatever the reality, Job conveys to us the notion that our rational expectations do not really translate to this question. The kind of alternatives and choice situation we can conceive probably has no basis in reality above our own human existence.
2007-12-10 13:49:02 · answer #2 · answered by ledbetter 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is not wrong to ask why God allows suffering. Some people worry that posing such a question implies a lack of faith in God or disrespect for him. On the contrary, if you ask this question out of a sincere heart, you are in good company. The faithful prophet Habakkuk asked God: “Why do you make me watch such terrible injustice? Why do you allow violence, lawlessness, crime, and cruelty to spread everywhere?” (Habakkuk 1:3, Contemporary English Version) Jehovah God did not rebuke Habakkuk. Instead, he had that faithful man’s questions recorded for all of us to read.—Romans 15:4.
Second, it is important to understand that God feels for you in your plight. He is not aloof and mysterious; he is “a lover of justice,” and he detests wickedness and the suffering it causes. (Psalm 37:28; Proverbs 6:16-19) Back in the days of Noah, God felt “hurt at his heart” because of the violence spreading in the earth. (Genesis 6:5, 6) God has not changed; he does not feel differently about what is occurring today.—Malachi 3:6.
Third, God is never the source of wickedness. The Bible makes this quite clear. Those who attribute such things as murder and terrorism to God are maligning him. Note what Job 34:10 says: “Far be it from the true God to act wickedly, and the Almighty to act unjustly!” Similarly, James 1:13 states: “When under trial, let no one say: ‘I am being tried by God.’ For with evil things God cannot be tried nor does he himself try anyone.” So if you have suffered evil, rest assured that God is not the cause.
Who Rules the World?
The foregoing still leaves us with the question, If God is loving, just, and powerful, why are we surrounded by evil? One common misperception needs to be cleared up first. Many people think of Almighty God as the ruler of this world, the one who is in direct control of everything. “Not one atom or molecule of the universe is outside his active rule,” said the president of one theological seminary. Does the Bible really teach that?
Not at all. Many are surprised to learn what the Bible actually says about who rules the world. For example, 1 John 5:19 states: “The whole world is lying in the power of the wicked one.” Who is this wicked one? Jesus Christ identified him as Satan the Devil, whom he called “the ruler of the world.” (John 14:30) Now, does that not make sense? Satan is cruel, deceptive, and hateful—traits that underlie much of the suffering that people experience.
2007-12-10 14:15:20 · answer #3 · answered by atti_cat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i am sorry, but you don't know the Lord. my God has enough goodness in Him to drown the universe in it.
who says we don't have the choice to defy Him or worship Him now? i made the choice when i was but a boy. look at it this way, how much more glory has He recieved by redeeming what was sinful? He made perfect from imperfection through His son Jesus Christ. He took filthy dust and made it sparkle as a diamond through His son Jesus Christ. He took the dead and braught it back to life. He is a good God! i say again He is good.
2007-12-10 13:51:19 · answer #4 · answered by Pulling Down Strongholds 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"God could have let us be born in wonderful bliss in heaven. There, we would have the choice to defy him and join Satan and his cronies, or we could worship him forever and ever amen."
That would have kind of stacked the odds in his favor wouldn't it?
2007-12-10 13:45:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
He is evil if he exists, look at the bible, he makes Idi Amin look like a sunday school teacher, without the molesting that priests and people related to the church are always getting up too
2007-12-10 13:49:29 · answer #6 · answered by Bret M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because he's a Middle-Eastern Bronze Age deity that was adapted from other gods? That, and the fact that patriarchal despotism was never a great idea...
2007-12-10 13:45:40 · answer #7 · answered by Bajingo 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
What was the line Homer said on The Simpsons last night?
"You can do bad things to people and they can't do anything about it, just like god!" Or something like that. LMAO.
2007-12-10 13:45:30 · answer #8 · answered by officer uggh 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
So which religion has a good god?
2007-12-10 13:45:49 · answer #9 · answered by steve 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Isn't it easier to justify that we are just here via natural means?
2007-12-10 13:46:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋