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<blockquote data-quote="Harte" data-source="post: 26654" data-attributes="member: 443"><p><strong>Re: Ask away...</strong></p><p></p><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(\"PhantomLord\")</div></p><p> </p><p>PL,</p><p>I don't mean to sound like a preacher, I am not. I feel probably about like you do in these matters. Your question is of course valid and has been asked by I am sure millions of people. Why does God let bad things happen? Assuming the existence of God, here are a few arguments.</p><p> </p><p>First off, we have no way of knowing if something worse may have happened if God had not taken the person in question.</p><p> </p><p>If God did not allow good people to die early, that would be very noticeable. If we were to find such evidence of God's interference, what would happen to faith? Since God wants love from his creation, Man must have free will; for without free will, no love exists. Man must be free to worship or not, based on his beliefs and faith. I would maintain that if God interfered in everyday matters routinely, then free will would be out the window in that Man would have no choice but to worship God, given God being right in his face all the time, so to speak. Such circumstances cannot lead to love of God the way that pure faith coupled with free will can.</p><p> </p><p>Also, given an eternal afterlife, the time we spend on this planet is like a grain of sand on a beach compared to our actual time of existence. From this point of view, it is obvious that the sufferers here are the ones that <strong><em>are not</em></strong> taken from life early.</p><p> </p><p>There are many more justifications for random evil in the world, these are just a few. At least I didn't furrow my brow and say "God works in mysterious ways."</p><p> </p><p>Harte</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Harte, post: 26654, member: 443"] [b]Re: Ask away...[/b] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(\"PhantomLord\")</div> PL, I don't mean to sound like a preacher, I am not. I feel probably about like you do in these matters. Your question is of course valid and has been asked by I am sure millions of people. Why does God let bad things happen? Assuming the existence of God, here are a few arguments. First off, we have no way of knowing if something worse may have happened if God had not taken the person in question. If God did not allow good people to die early, that would be very noticeable. If we were to find such evidence of God's interference, what would happen to faith? Since God wants love from his creation, Man must have free will; for without free will, no love exists. Man must be free to worship or not, based on his beliefs and faith. I would maintain that if God interfered in everyday matters routinely, then free will would be out the window in that Man would have no choice but to worship God, given God being right in his face all the time, so to speak. Such circumstances cannot lead to love of God the way that pure faith coupled with free will can. Also, given an eternal afterlife, the time we spend on this planet is like a grain of sand on a beach compared to our actual time of existence. From this point of view, it is obvious that the sufferers here are the ones that [b][i]are not[/i][/b] taken from life early. There are many more justifications for random evil in the world, these are just a few. At least I didn't furrow my brow and say "God works in mysterious ways." Harte [/QUOTE]
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