My perspective; The only thing God could have done to avoid all this was to not create man in the first place. The earth would be beautiful and pristine with no nuclear weapons or wars. No murders, no self awareness of death. All other creatures do not spend their lifetimes pondering these things.
Human freedom. It is a gift that is constantly abused, and God gets the blame for it.
Ex JW Christians are damned if they do and damned if they don't. We get blamed if we share our stories, and then blamed if we don't defend ourselves.
I had a relationship with God way before the JWs. As a small child I had a sense of God without ever having been in a church but for once or twice. Some of us left the org and became secular humanists, wiccans, muslims, evolutionists AND mainstream Christians who are involved with healthy mainstream churches that agree on the Nicene Creed.
I for one am not here to proselitize or argue why I am who I am. I love you all and share our common history. Please keep in mind that those of us who have turned to mainstream Christianity are not stupid or ignorant. I am not here to defend God, He doesn't need me to do that.
I'm here because nobody in the world but you all know what my life was like, I need you. I hope we can all share without personal condemnation.
Sometimes God intervenes, sometimes people die. The why is not always evident to us now. If I gave my children everything they ever asked for they would be spoiled brats. Again, Christians do not see death as the end or a terrible thing. It is painful, but we have peace knowing we will join our lost loved ones again the second we pass over.
I hope we can all share our personal perspectives freely without fear of condemnation. We have all had enough of that in the org. Wishing you all a great start to a great weekend! Love~Kate