Does anyone have an answer for why God allows things like this and other atrocities to occur?
Free will above all else? Indifference? Multiple Gods ie some do harm and some do good? This reality is a long battle and wager between God and someone else, winner takes all but no interfering in the meantime?
Genuinely curious, I’m not just being dramatic or whatever
I do believe there is something more to be seen than what we can normally perceive with our senses, so the idea of God existing isn’t a ridiculous notion to me like it is with some
No reasonable answer scoffed at, honestly
Curious what other people who do believe in at least the possible existence of God tell themselves when considering why God allows things like this to happen
Kids with cancer, etc
Not to list off all of the wrongs and awful things of our world, because there’s a ton of incredible stuff, too
I look forward to hearing answers to this, if anyone cares to offer their thoughts
It depends on your world view. People are generally raised with the concept that staying alive is the most important thing to do. However if you believe the after life is nicer than here, then dying early could simply be a situation of getting relieved of duty early and going to a better place. If death is actually just a rebirth a nicer existence, would you still think the same way about death?
We all die; no one can put it off forever, all you do is delay the inevitably.
So what's left? Only the manner in which you face death.
I don't believe in life after death. I believe that heaven is going to your death without fear, knowing you lived your life properly, and hell is running from death, knowing you wasted the life you had and are full of guilt.
Does anyone have an answer for why God allows things like this and other atrocities to occur?
Free will above all else? Indifference? Multiple Gods ie some do harm and some do good? This reality is a long battle and wager between God and someone else, winner takes all but no interfering in the meantime?
Genuinely curious, I’m not just being dramatic or whatever
I do believe there is something more to be seen than what we can normally perceive with our senses, so the idea of God existing isn’t a ridiculous notion to me like it is with some
No reasonable answer scoffed at, honestly
Curious what other people who do believe in at least the possible existence of God tell themselves when considering why God allows things like this to happen
Kids with cancer, etc
Not to list off all of the wrongs and awful things of our world, because there’s a ton of incredible stuff, too
I look forward to hearing answers to this, if anyone cares to offer their thoughts
It depends on your world view. People are generally raised with the concept that staying alive is the most important thing to do. However if you believe the after life is nicer than here, then dying early could simply be a situation of getting relieved of duty early and going to a better place. If death is actually just a rebirth a nicer existence, would you still think the same way about death?
I think this is a shallow undsrstanding.
We all die; no one can put it off forever, all you do is delay the inevitably.
So what's left? Only the manner in which you face death.
I don't believe in life after death. I believe that heaven is going to your death without fear, knowing you lived your life properly, and hell is running from death, knowing you wasted the life you had and are full of guilt.