Epicmafia

Why does God allow Suffering?

almost 11 years

I am going to summarize what is linked below.

Basically Satan questioned God's right to rule mankind. Since then many men have questioned God's right to rule mankind. Man tries to rule themselves, and look at the results. We have a multitude of corruption, hypocrisy, and evil, all from our leaders no less! With time, this evil world will end up destroying itself, which is what God will step in to stop, after finally proving that Mankind is incapable of ruling itself.

Matthew 24:21,22 "21 for then there will be great tribulation such as has not occurred since the world’s beginning until now, no, nor will occur again. 22 In fact, unless those days were cut short, no flesh would be saved; but on account of the chosen ones those days will be cut short."

Read paragraphs 11-18 from the following link.

http://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/bible-teach/why-does-god-allow-suffering/

Any questions I will be happy to answer, knowing full well that this is the internet :)

Also for answers to other questions take a look at these:

http://www.jw.org/en/publications/bible/nwt/introduction/

http://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/bible-teach/

TheFisherman

almost 11 years

QRich says

b0oty says

native americans have it made in canada. They get money every month more for every child and schooling completly paid for and better employment opportunities im sure theres more. Oh no taxes. Bleh.

But like....50 percent of their population was murdered and sent to hell...

Is it worth it?

GOTEM

spankyham

almost 11 years

TheFisherman says

According to the Christian goD... we're all inbred.

To be fair in any situation we are all inbred a little bit. Creation/Evolution doesn't change this.

b0oty

almost 11 years

If we fits we sits - canada

QRich

almost 11 years

b0oty says

native americans have it made in canada. They get money every month more for every child and schooling completly paid for and better employment opportunities im sure theres more. Oh no taxes. Bleh.

But like....50 percent of their population was murdered and sent to hell...

Is it worth it?

TheFisherman

almost 11 years

B0oory why you complain? Your kind drove them out of their land.

Stahp whining prs.

deletedalmost 11 years

Actually my theory is he made gay people so that gay couples would be able to take care of orphaned children since they can't have their own. It balances it out. Orphan in the village? Let the gay couple take care of them! :)

TheFisherman

almost 11 years

According to the Christian goD... we're all inbred.

b0oty

almost 11 years

native americans have it made in canada. They get money every month more for every child and schooling completly paid for and better employment opportunities im sure theres more. Oh no taxes. Bleh.

TheFisherman

almost 11 years

Actually nah. GoD made people gay just to control the population.

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God made rainbows.

Gay people are secretly rainbows

God made gay people

Therefore, it can be assumed, god loves gay people. Or hes indifferent to us equally as much as all other people lol.

Your logic is invalid.

TheFisherman

almost 11 years

At least native Americans are allowed to have casinos in their reservations.

QRich

almost 11 years

BeauTYful says

God never "hid" himself from anybody. It always has been man who has hidden from God, since the Garden of Eden after Adam sinned and hid himself with fig leaves. God leaves clues behind of his existence, his mercy and his love in all of creation, this earth, the universe, the living things, all physical and moral laws and our very being. He did so, such that nobody can claim to have not known or seen God, for God's presence is manifest all around us.

Yeah you're right, they were worshipping the Sun and , not because they were ignorant, but because they were intentionally hiding themselves from salvation.

Good post.

QRich

almost 11 years

Actually I lied.

God hates Native Americans more than blacks. He hates them so much I forgot they existed.

We're only God's second most hated group.

TheFisherman

almost 11 years

God loves homosexuality.

Laexio

almost 11 years

gay

BeauTYful

almost 11 years

God never "hid" himself from anybody. It always has been man who has hidden from God, since the Garden of Eden after Adam sinned and hid himself with fig leaves. God leaves clues behind of his existence, his mercy and his love in all of creation, this earth, the universe, the living things, all physical and moral laws and our very being. He did so, such that nobody can claim to have not known or seen God, for God's presence is manifest all around us.

Laexio

almost 11 years

thanks be to god

TheFisherman

almost 11 years

spankyham says

Edark says

spankyham says

If God is real, God is dead.

God would have the power to kill God.
God would have the knowledge that his free creation would never be free with God existing.
God would love his free creation enough to kill God.

wow this is deep

That's what she said.

Amen.

Laexio

almost 11 years

go poo on a pizza spankyham

spankyham

almost 11 years

Edark says

spankyham says

If God is real, God is dead.

God would have the power to kill God.
God would have the knowledge that his free creation would never be free with God existing.
God would love his free creation enough to kill God.

wow this is deep

That's what she said.

Laexio

almost 11 years

i think christianity is OK

as a white man

Laexio

almost 11 years

QRich says

The entire idea of Christianity is stomach turning pretentiousness.

Especially as a black man.

It makes me sick that the African-American community has been fearmongered into so heavily integrating this within our culture.

Thousands of years ago, while God was apparently performing undeniable acts of the Divine in the Middle East, he apparently hid himself from the Africans, allowing them to worship many gods through no fault of their own.....they all went to hell.

So to remedy this, after thousands of years the merciful omnopotent master decided to enslave a portion of the African community and finally allow them to be saved(or be killed) by being converted by their wonderful white slave masters.

Alas, it is no wonder the whites saw and many still do see blacks as second class citizens. Even their precious God did apparently....and he can do no wrong. Ergo racism and classism is perfectly justifiable.

i like the dramatic black man sentence and how you put it separate

TheFisherman

almost 11 years

B0ory lemme post in ur tred

TheFisherman

almost 11 years

Eff'd us all*

Edark

almost 11 years

spankyham says

If God is real, God is dead.

God would have the power to kill God.
God would have the knowledge that his free creation would never be free with God existing.
God would love his free creation enough to kill God.

wow this is deep