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
God is not a nanny for the humanity to allow or not allow anything humans do. According to orthodox christianity, God create humans and give them free will. Free will is what makes us godlike creatures. Simplified, free will is an ability of creature to make decisions and create cause-effect chains in the universe. Since it is a godlike feature, it is completely up to us how to use it and for what. If God will allow or disallow something for humans, humans will lose that free will feature and will not be godlike creations as created.
You could ask God for help and He could help you, but it will be result of your free will, and your cause-effect chain, not His.
We, as God's children having eaten the fruit, have knowledge of good and evil.
These things are evil, but if we were just animals we wouldn't worry about it. It's hardly worse than a moose being torn apart by wolves or a baby whale having it's face eaten by orcas.
Suffering is in the nature of the universe, that's pretty much the one thing all religions agree on.
What makes these things truly evil is that the people perpetrating them know they are bringing suffering and do it anyway. They do it for their own gain, not even caring that it will rebound on them as the Russian army decimates their army and cities.
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
God is not a nanny for the humanity to allow or not allow anything humans do. According to orthodox christianity, God create humans and give them free will. Free will is what makes us godlike creatures. Simplified, free will is an ability of creature to make decisions and create cause-effect chains in the universe. Since it is a godlike feature, it is completely up to us how to use it and for what. If God will allow or disallow something for humans, humans will lose that free will feature and will not be godlike creations as created.
You could ask God for help and He could help you, but it will be result of your free will, and your cause-effect chain, not His.
Something like that.
We, as God's children having eaten the fruit, have knowledge of good and evil.
These things are evil, but if we were just animals we wouldn't worry about it. It's hardly worse than a moose being torn apart by wolves or a baby whale having it's face eaten by orcas.
Suffering is in the nature of the universe, that's pretty much the one thing all religions agree on.
What makes these things truly evil is that the people perpetrating them know they are bringing suffering and do it anyway. They do it for their own gain, not even caring that it will rebound on them as the Russian army decimates their army and cities.
no, we didn't eat an apple that made us all sinnners. That's jew nonsense