Greetings, Island Woman!
: Life is dying. We will all die, some sooner than others. We are not perfect. Nothing on this earth is perfect.
Which is exactly why your question that started this thread is only going to garner speculation.
Farkel
Why Does God Allow...........
by IslandWoman 32 Replies latest jw friends
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bitter mango
there is no god. we make ourselves and we kill ourselves (and we cause all the problmes in between)! end of story ... k, who wants to argue?
(¯`·.¸the agents of oblivion descend upon the sane¸.·´¯)
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gravedancer
I agree look on the bright side....
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Tallyman
Beans: "There is no GOD!"
and
Bitter Mango: "there is no god."
Beans and BM... : : g a s p ! : :I have not seen such D O G M A T I K statements,
such ALL-INCLUSIVE, ALL-ENCOMPASSING, BLACK-&-WHITE,
NO-Margin-for-Error-type statements expressed
since, ohhh, lessee, since I left the Watchtowerkult!This "There is no God" Doktrine, which is SOOooo ABSOLUTIST...
is it taught in some kind of new Mind Kontrol Kult y'all belong to?Jes wonderin'.
TT
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target
dantheman:
<<they fail to mention that animals age too. Are animals also sinners?>>The excuse they give for that one is that "animals are not created in God's image."
I guess that means that when man supposedly sinned, he became the same as animals. Since animals are not held accountable, then man should not be either.Target
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Tallyman
GD:
I agree look on the bright side....
Gravely Denser,
Why wouldn't that be: "Thank gODDESS you're all right!" ??
I think the "Sky Mommy" was responsible for that ATROCITY.
TT
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Adam
Tally, I agree with you. I don't know whether a god or gods exist, I can't prove that one way or the other. So I won't say he/she/they isn't/aren't there. If I had to put my money somewhere, I'd bet on the nonexistance side, but I just don't know. If one does exist, I have a lot of questions that I'd like answered. He/She/They would have a lot of explaining to do.
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ros
Hello, IW:
I have some thoughts (faith opinions/speculations) along this line. To some extent I agree with your line of thinking, possibly expanding on it a little from rhw faith perspective. I don't have time to expand right now, and generally prefer to discuss my personal views in private e-mail rather than on public boards. If you would be interested in some thoughts, e-mail me at:
[email protected]Ros
"A religion that teaches lies cannot be true"--The Watchtower, 12/1/91 pg. 7 -
IslandWoman
Bboyneko,
because we are his children and he is our father. In human families fathers are supposed to take care of their kids. If a human father sees his 4 year old about to cross a 5 lane interstate highway, he tries to save him. He wont let the child wander off on its own to teach him a lesson about how he cant take care of himself.
In the same way it's a very valid question of why, if god exsists and he lvoes us. does he allow terrible things like the holocaust to happen when it is perfectly within his power to stop it. If he allows something to happen, it is the same as if he did it himself. If i allow a murder to take place that was within my power to stop and I do nothing, i am bloodguilty and held accountable in court.
We are mere children to god, like newborn babies are to us but worse. So why does he allow us to try to govern ourselves and allow countless innocent people to die? Either he is a psycho like hitler or he dosent exsist or he dosent give a damn about us.
You are reflecting the religious thinking of Christianity. IMO, we should forget this child thing, we are grown men and women!God made earth, animal, man and the necessary systems to maintain life. What! Do we need to be baby sat? Wild horses make their way in this world, blue whales make their way in this world; but mankind needs coddling? Who is more "childlike" man or the animals?
The point of this thread was: IMO, mankind needs to grow up, stop blaming God, take life as it comes, assume the responsibility of the good and bad and of the making our own way in this world! The animals make their own way. Why should WE, the "animal" far superior than all the others, bitch to God when things go wrong? On this earth things go wrong all the time! but things also go very right!
Most parents see the necessity and beneficial effects of making their young adult children take responsibility for their own actions and their own support. Why should God not expect the same of mankind?
IW
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speechless
Why does God allow ?
First ask, why does *god* allow ?
We, humans, are god of planet Earth. All this shit about "where is God" and "why does God" is quite irrational. It no better than blaming your neighbor for all the shit in YOUR life.
If humans would ever get their act together and awake to their amazing wit, then and only then would be justified in inquiring God.
Funny, if we did ever reach such utopia we'd find paradise.
Really: if you can't see the god within, how will you ever see God?