Why is it when we hear of children or innocent people being tortured & murdered, etc. You will hear Christians say "God needed another angel. It's God's will".
What I don't understand is why people think that it is God's will for children to suffer or be tortured at the hands of a murderer or sexual predator etc.. If it is God's will, then he wouldn't be the God of love that the Bible makes him out to be. Why do people blame God? Wouldn't it more likely be the wicked inclinations of man because of his imperfect state?
2007-12-31 17:21:57 · 17 answers · asked by Obanroo 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
God and killing of innocents = no way
God does not need angels, this is false to say God wants more angels and will kill to get them
Man who does not like to study scriptue will affirm these things.
Satan is ....for what short time he has left ............the perpertrator of death lies and the little god of this world who supplies us with much misery
2007-12-31 17:33:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Well, before you start blaming God for such a travesty, there are a few things you first should know:
1. Man allowed sin to enter into the world by being disobedient to God. Murder and torture is obviously a transgression caused by man, not by God.
2. The death of this physical body and the reason we do not live forever is the result of allowing sin to enter the world.
3. For the sake of facts, God can pretty much do or allow anything to happen if he so desired, because we are God's creation. Who are we to shake the fist at God? However, if God is as righteous as he so demands of us, how [why] could he set standards for us to follow (such as thou shalt not murder) and not adhere to them himself. If it were the case that God does in fact rule by the philosophy of "do as I say, not as I do," it would make him a bonafide hypocrite... and that would discredit everything the bible teaches and that of which I know about God.
4. God can turn something bad, like death, into something good. Take Jesus for example: It was God's plan to send Jesus to die on the cross for our sins. God did not kill Jesus, man killed Jesus. The "good" part of this is that God used this as a way to save all mankind from sin, so that we could live forever with him. He loved us so much, that he sent his only son to die to save the rest of us. Without Jesus, this was impossible. So as you can see, the good far outweighs the bad. God didnt do anything bad, he just leveraged our sinful nature to fullfil the gift he gave to us. (Another point to consider about this is, it could not have happened if Jesus was not willing to carry out the will of God. Jesus had many opportunities to save his own life, but he did not.)
5. Which brings me to my next point: Evil is the absence of God and not a separate entity, just as cold is the absence of heat, emptiness is the absence of fullness, and darkness is the absence of light.
God truely is a God of love.
*Also, Angels and humans are not the same thing and never will be.
2008-01-01 17:04:15 · answer #2 · answered by King_aaron 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would agree with your impliction the statments like it was god's will show ignornace on ther person's part.
Christ said that some one who harms a child whold have a millstine tied around his nick ten be dropped off a cliff.
2008-01-01 01:12:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If some Christian told me my baby suffered and then died because God needed another angel, I would pop them right in the face and then kick them in the stomach. It is not God's will for anyone to suffer. He gave us free will, and with free will comes great responsibility. Some people abuse that responsibility. This will never change, and it's certainly not God's fault.
2007-12-31 17:32:17 · answer #4 · answered by No Shortage 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
If I ever heard someone say "God needed another angel" after a child is brutally murdered, I will not be held responsible for my actions.
What a horrible, horrible ignorant thing to say.
2007-12-31 17:31:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Saying it's "God's will" is an indirect form of blame. More often, when something bad happens, religionists will blame "Satan," who is also a creation of their god, so they again indirectly blame their god without risking accusations of blasphemy.
2007-12-31 17:28:16 · answer #6 · answered by link955 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I just asked a similar question - that went something like - why do people thank god for saving them from disasters that he created and I got a lot of nonsense answers like god wants them to be stronger. It makes no sense.
2007-12-31 17:27:54 · answer #7 · answered by Militant Agnostic 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like you're ready to read Spinoza.
2007-12-31 17:26:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They tend to flip flop back and forth between gods will and humans having free will.
2007-12-31 17:26:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I agree. But God is not blameable - He knows that people are ignorant and He keeps on loving. It's not fair though
2007-12-31 17:25:56 · answer #10 · answered by Rising Star 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋