But of course this in no way answers the questioner who asks, «Why doesn't
God stop evil and cruel men from causing so much suffering?»
Not exact matches
Maybe
evil is the work of the devil, but if
god is so great and powerful, why can't he
stop all the madness?
If
God is able to step in and
stop all the fighting and death, but chooses not to, he is
evil.
You said, that «if
God is able to step in and
stop all the fighting and death, but chooses not to, he is
evil.»
The people of Sodom & Gomorrah and the others you mentioned were ALL WARNED beforehand to
stop their evil ways and to STOP abusing God's gift of life... they ignored the warnings and God took back what He had given them in the first pl
stop their
evil ways and to
STOP abusing God's gift of life... they ignored the warnings and God took back what He had given them in the first pl
STOP abusing
God's gift of life... they ignored the warnings and
God took back what He had given them in the first place.
Is
god both willng AND able to
stop evil?
Is
god willing to
stop evil, but unable?
Is
god able to
stop evil, but unwilling?
That was a very interesting read many comments caught my attention I've recently been diagnosed with Bipolar I have hallucinations and hear voices in my ear's when I hallucinate it's likes they are trying to get me thousands of them I can only describe them as dark shadows and they are trying to get me just as they are about to get me a brilliant white light surrounds me and there's three entities humanly shaped but like this brilliant white light they are also glowing this brilliant whiteness I can't understand what they are saying the only way I can explain it is emotions comfort joy love is what I feel emanating from these entities the voices I hear aren't
evil telling me to do bad things to people when I get put into a mode of fear I live in a rough area of Scotland and everytime I've got into a fight something possesses me I know this for a fact as I can't control myself I'm an observer watching my family / Friends say I change they say my eyes change and I look
evil I personally do think possibly through my own personal experience I» am possessed as I act out of character I've lost interest in many things I've recently I decided it's time for change I've lost my faith I've been trying to connect with
God and feel his love which I used to feel the presence of the holy spirit everytime I try connect I get a feeling of abandonment I just think if I am possessed could these entities
stop me connecting with «
God» I can say from my heart of hearts «JESUS CHRIST HAS COME IN THE FLESH» I think it's more to do with the persons own personal fears which I have noticed my fears have changed if I had to be truthfully with myself I fear
God which I know I'm not supposed to just I can't explain it I guess if you ever need a test subject I'm up for the challenge like I said I'm on journey to find myself and my travels have brought me hear I'm going to hang around for a wee while there's lots of good information to be plundered loll
When we observe
evil occurring elsewhere in the world, we wonder, «Why isn't
God stopping that
evil?»
It is not
God's responsibility to
stop even Christians from committing
evil acts though he does at times intervene.
Therefore,
God does not love his creation or is unaware of the harm that
evil does or is not powerful enough to
stop evil.
This does not
stop them being
evil, however, it merely testifies to the good grace of
God.)
But if
God exists, «why doesn't He
stop evil?»
We already blame the Abrahamic
God for not
stopping the
evil in the world.
Put another way, if
God were someone who
stopped all
evil on Earth, where would it
stop?
God requires more than just faith; he also requires that we
stop doing
evil and perform acts of kindness.
God is all knowing and all powerful and all good, yet allows
evil to exist, which would either mean
God is irresponsible or that he's incapable of
stopping evil, which would mean that he's not actually all powerful afterall.
Actually I don't have bad thoughts against them, I hear in my mind a voice that Jesus
evil or
god and I can't
stop it, I don't want to think it actually.
God must be
stopped from committing such
evil atrocities and crime on a global scale against mankind!
b. burns all non-Christians — including innocent children — for all eternity c. condemns millions to die each year from starvation d. allows rampant
evil, despite having the ability to
stop it effortlessly 4)
God hates abortions, yet is a prolific abortionist 5) The bible is the word of god and must be followed, yet... a. it is full of blatant contradictions b. it is acceptable to pick and choose what parts you'll fol
God hates abortions, yet is a prolific abortionist 5) The bible is the word of
god and must be followed, yet... a. it is full of blatant contradictions b. it is acceptable to pick and choose what parts you'll fol
god and must be followed, yet... a. it is full of blatant contradictions b. it is acceptable to pick and choose what parts you'll follow
To Ken Margo: I am totally agree with you about this
evil thing going around the earth... this
evil minded people is there everywhere regardless of faith... that was not what i was trying to say... my point was to be able to recognize the One True
God who is Unseen and who has no partners as He is not in need of any partners but we the creation is in need of Him... thats all... I wish I could do something to
stop all these taking place around the earth... I think we human fear the fed laws more than we fear the laws of our Creator, for example not to associate any partner with Him, taking the life of others, drug dealing, human trafficking, believing in hereafter and so on... I remember a story that I was talking with one of my friends... I was telling him look we all obey the law of the land so much like for example when we drive and no one moves even an inch when there is a school bus
stop to pick / drop kids as it is a fed laws but when it comes to the laws of our Creator, we don't care... like having physical relationship outside of marriage and many more... then he said something nice... he said that its because we see the consequence of breaking the law of the land but we do not see the punishment of hereafter even though it is mentioned very details in Quran, it even gives pictures of hereafter....
Not that it
stopped satan from trying to pollute the bloodlines of
Gods people as in the fallen angels and the children born of those women were abominations and so
God destroyed every last one.Once again the flood was what
God used to purge the
evil as the bloodlines were polluted and to keep the bloodlines safe as
God had promised he was going to raise up a seed that was going to destroy Satan and his name was Jesus..
Allowing the murder of 11 million people is not
God's desire, but the desire of
evil men who reject Him so
stop blaming the Lord for what Satan's children do.
The Bible says that there is coming a day when
God will
stop evil (2 Peter 3:7 - 13).
To
stop evil and suffering,
God would have to
stop every act that causes any suffering.
Our freedom is that though
evil exists it does not have to have power over us any longer that is the message of the Gospel even though slaves became christians it did nt initially
stop slavery not for many years but it helped the slaves to survive and gave them hope that one day
God had something better for them and eventually because of christians activists slavery was abolished.Just like us our hope is not in the here and now but that one day we would be finally free from the corruption of this world but while we are in it we are not under its
evil influence and i not meaning that bad things do not happen to christians but that in Christ we have been set free from its power over us.brentnz
Wake up and
stop putting such an
evil face on
God he deserves better than this!
My hope is that you
stop praying all together!!!! I want you to take
God out of everything... My hope is that you will kill each other... Loose your way... Put greed, corruption, sinfulness and above all, self above all else... That you will worship all that is
evil and wring every last drop of
God out of your hearts... I want you to put money, forget family, think and do immoral thoughts, and
stop helping your fellow man,, exploit them, spit on them use them until every last one of you is wretched and crawling in the dirt cursing
God... Pleas help me... your friend Satan...
that would because kermie's
god denied his free will prayer to
stop being punishedby us «
evil atheists».
Far from identifying
God, therefore, with the dominant customs of contemporary Israel or
stopping with the divine condemnation of them, Hosea saw
God with passionate earnestness refusing to give up his people and determined to save them from their
evil:
If we learn anything about
God from Jesus, it is that
God does not commit violence, even to
stop evil.
Hasker, however, does not use his statement to
stop the conversation but only to insist that, rather than simply listing
evils that his
God should have prevented, we must provide «a strongly supported criterion by which to discern the situations in which intervention would be mandatory.»
The standard reply by defenders of traditional free will theism is that «worst» is a relative term so that, if
God had prevented the worst
evils, then the next worst
evils would have been the worst, and the critic would claim that
God should have prevented those, and so on, so that, in Hick's words, «There would be nowhere to
stop, short of a divinely arranged paradise,» which would defeat the divine purpose of soul - making (363 - 64).
I think we need to
stop hurting each other I don't understand the world I'm a Christian and I only a man so I stay in my place I was taught to spread the good news of Jesus no to force it so when I here of people hurting people and they worship
God God is good not bad so no matter what you call
God it's not your place to tell some one they can't worship there
God this holy war no this the good guy always wins so search deep with in your self ask your self do I hurt other people and if yes you need to under stand that you may be in for a surprised your
God may be
evil so let's judge are own actions
It is difficult in our humanness to relate to
God not
stopping an
evil act.
His followers could have had a world with an
evil - free free will but
God chose instead to allow
evil in the world and He does nothing to
stop it.
This shooting PROVES that if there is an omnipotent
God he could have
stopped it but chose NOT to... He's
evil Or he's playing a magical / mystical GAME with everyone that only makes sense to him and deluded humans, EACH of who are screaming that only THEY know «His» true word...
I think the bible wants us to
stop evil in anyway we can, and
god seems okay with flooding the planes.
Some people find true comfort in the thought that
God is watching and helping them especially when it seems like everytime they try to
stop - some
evil force steps right back at them to draw them back under the water they are drowning in.
They
stopped doing the
evil they had been doing, and repented in sack cloth and ashes and
God relented and did not pour out on them the judgment He had threatened.
Since it didn't «work,» it seems like nothing more than gratuitous
evil on the part of
God, or at the bare minimum, some sort of childish temper - tantrum when the people He created
stop doing what He wants.
One is that this is all incidental and happens to give them some kind of moral background to
stop the killer (but they could / do have morality coming from other sources) or Two, a propaganda film (the way most critics took it, making it one of the worst - reviewed films of Eastwood's career) that says because «
God was on their side» and the like, they were ready and even protected just enough to «defeat
evil» because of U.S. «moral exceptionalism» or the like.
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Stop with the nay saying, the put downs, the belittling.
The storyline is simple enough: you are to
stop the
evil Rezlus, who worships the dark
god Bane, by venturing through dungeons inside a large mountain where you'll help out the dwarves, free some prisoners and face down the
evil lord.
2004's Dragon Quest VIII on the PS2 chronicled the journey of a soldier and his friends as they race to
stop an
evil mage from resurrecting an ancient
god.
The plot is the usual «
stop - the -
evil - empire - from - summoning - the -
evil -
god - and - breaking - shit» affair but relatively early on, the game hints that one of your party is a traitor, sabotaging the group's efforts.