new thoughts of how you make no sense!
Dad, I was at watchtower.org today after talking with WIFE about trying to understand God and how Holy Sprit works...which I have been unable to do for a long time. The first two pages were about the subject below, and included similar questions about why man-caused tragedies occurred. I mean this is probably the most common question of all mankind. What is interesting is that NEITHER article gives ANY answer at all to the questions posed about why God allows natural disasters except where underlined, and that seems to be only about man-caused tragedies, not natural. Since these questions seem to involve the universal issue of Gods Sovereignty, which is really about whether man would worship God willingly or not, why would God allow such unbelievable tragedies as floods, tsunamis, etc. that cause countless millions such grief? If the issue is about mans inability to rule himself and whether he is better off being ruled by God, why not control nature to alleviate suffering, since Satan and Man-rule causes so many problem all by themselves, but don't create natural disasters? If God had never allowed natural disasters, how could it "cloud the issue" or "be an injustice" since man would have never known about it anyway? By the way, I don't understand printing questions and then not answering them! I have never liked disasters of course, but had never really thought about this aspect of why things are they way they are until reading these two articles. Your thoughts please.....OOMPA
The Hardest Question
“W HY?” It is tragic to see how much anguish and pain can be packed into that simple word. People often ask that question after disaster or tragedy strikes: A hurricane sweeps through a region, leaving death and destruction in its wake. An earthquake reduces a city to rubble.
Still, some may ask, ‘Why has God not prevented tragedies?’ Really, that would be an injustice, and it would cloud the issue by making it seem that rebelling against God is without consequence.Hence, Jehovah has not been behind the scenes preventing all the crimes and tragedies that result, directly or indirectly, from disobedience to him.* Jehovah would never be party to the harmful lie that Satan’s system can succeed, that it has found the key to happiness! Nevertheless, Jehovah has not been indifferent to events. In fact, he has been very active, as we shall now see.
Does the Bible teach that God is behind the natural disasters we see today? Not at all! God’s judgments as described in the Bible are quite different from natural disasters. For one thing, God is selective; he reads the hearts of individuals and destroys only those he deems wicked. ( Genesis 18:23-32 ) Furthermore, God sends warnings first, thereby giving the righteous opportunity to escape.
Natural disasters, on the other hand, strike with little or no warning, and they kill and maim indiscriminately. To some extent, mankind has made such disasters worse by damaging the natural environment and by building in areas prone to earthquakes, floods, and extreme weather