May 28, 2011

• Most annoying question ever

  The one thing I always hear is "If God is so good, if He is real, why does He let bad things happen?" 

  

   Do people not realizethat is probably THE dumbest question you could ask? Why does he LET bad things happen. Imagine what life would be like if he didn't "let bad things happen". We would be nothing more than puppets, having no choice in our actions, making no decisions in our lives.

  We would merely be actors in a play that no one is watching. Our existence would be meaningless other than to occupy a being more supreme than ourselves; we would be something God could do when He gets bored and has nothing better to fill His time with (and He has a lot of it). 

  

  Instead, God gave us free will. He gives us choices in our lives, He lets us decide whether we want to do good or do bad. It isn't so much that God lets bad things happen, it's the people doing the bad things that are the problem. They decide to do bad things, they make it happen. 

  God made us all equal, he doesn't differentiate between race or personality or whathaveyou. To allow people doing good things to make their own decisions, but to remove freewill from the people who would do bad things, would take away that equality. The only other option to avoid bad things, is to punish us all and take away that right He previously gave us. 

  Yes, the Bible does say that God knows everything that will happen, and, yes, He could stop all those bad things from happening... If He took away our free will. But He didn't and doesn't. Even with the knowledge that we are going to make poor decisions in our lives, He allows it so we learn from it. That, in the future, we may not make that same bad decision when it would mean more. He knows we will make wrong choices, but He hopes we will turn to Him instead. That even though we do wrong, we still want to have Him in our lives. God is hope and faith and love. In Him, we will always have those things. 

  And if you still feel that if there was a God, He shouldn't let bad things happen, well. Think about Hitler. Think about Bonaparte. Both were men who apparently held promise as a leader, but allowed power to corrupt and turn into crazed tyranical dictators who thought their way was the only way. Does anyone really want God to take away our freedom? Do you really want someone like Hitler or Bonaparte to rule the universe? Considering the lengths people went to in order to be rid of those two men -aka massive world wars- I sincerely doubt it. 

  

  God's way, at least in my opinion, is the right way but He doesn't force it upon everyone. He wants us to decide that we want Him in our lives. He gave us choices, the freedom to choose without fear. And before you say He is threatening us with the idea of Hell, if you don't believe in God why would you believe in Hell? And if you don't believe in God and Hell, that neither exists, why would you feel the need to be afraid? It's very contradictory of you.

  It all comes down to the choices you make. If you want bad things to cease happening, than stop doing bad things yourself. And while one person may not seem to make difference in the bigger picture, it's one less person. And perhaps your doing good will influence someone else to be good, and they in turn seem to be so happy and fulfilled that other people will want to do better. In time, there just might be world peace. And all because you made the decision to change. 

  

  So there you have it. God does NOT allow bad things to happen.

  You do. 

  SUMR 

    

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