Whether you've experienced loss, are suffering, or flat out just want answers, in this video, we go through two >arguments for why a loving God could allow evil, pain, and death to happen. After all, couldn't an all-powerful God >just stop evil from happening? Find out more in this Impact Whiteboard Video.
[ + ] AntiPostmodernist
[ - ] AntiPostmodernist 1 point 4 monthsDec 18, 2024 19:10:35 ago (+1/-0)
if he wanted to stop or prevent them from happening, he would have, they happened, which means he either didnt care or that he wanted it to occur.
god is the most powerful being in the world, he can destroy you with a thought, if he wanted he could do more and make it such that you never existed at all.
gods mind is so far above our own that it is inconceivable to us, yet you presume this entirely eldritch and alien being who created the universe has the same opinion of "good" and "bad" that you do? I think you miss the point that god is beyond our capability to be understood by us, that means that the way he thinks or feels would be so profoundly different to us that perhaps everythng your tiny imperfect mind regsrds as being unpleadant or evil or wrong or unjust or bad, is actually the exact opposite.
maybe, when you got assinvaded by a pack of niggerfaggots, you were actually fortunate to have had that happen to you. maybe, from a perfect perspective, that was a good thing.
becaue we are imperfect, and god is perfect, how can we stand to say that we know fuck all about anything?
you dont know what good or bad is, whats fair or unfair, just or unjust, evil or virtuous, thats only for god to know.
[ + ] AugustineOfHippo2
[ - ] AugustineOfHippo2 0 points 4 monthsDec 18, 2024 19:31:43 ago (+0/-0)
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Bad things people do to each other. Rape murder, theft, etc. all occur, and God allows them to occur, due to our free will. We have the ability to choose good or evil, and whenever someone chooses evil then someone else gets hurt. God certainly takes that bad thing and tries to use it for good, if we allow it and allow God to work in our lives. God doesn't force us to choose, forced virtue is no virtue.
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Bad things caused by natural occurrence. This would include disease, birth defects, etc. Stuff we don't generally have control over (or limited control). This is harder to understand, but again, God will always bring about the good if we allow it. This usually involves others stepping in and helping out, this showing the love of God through people's actions. A person caring for an elderly parent with cancer, for instance.
I understand that it doesn't seem very loving to allow someone to suffer, but we need to ask ourselves what have we done to ease someone else's suffering? Isn't that what God calls all of us to do?