by Undecided 18 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
When I read of the many natural calamities that have killed billions of people over the centuries I wonder if God is interested at all? When I see the importance that the bible makes of just one death of God's sons, when he was resurrected and given a higher position just 3 days later, what about all those millions of human sons.
I guess we are like an ant hill to God, if you happen to step on it, who cares.
Ken P.
undecided
If Jesus was just a man maybe you're right. But if Jesus is God...
no, god does not care.
but then - is there a god at all?
You ask, "Does God really care?" Perhaps a more important question is, "Who among mankind really cares?" Actually those who only complain about it all give themselves away as persons who really don't care. A person who truly does care will be searching for the root cause of the sort of problems you mention. A person who is unwilling to consider the root cause of a problem is a person who really doesn't care to find the solution. Such persons are generally those who cry the most, but their tears are only the crocodile type (an insincere display of grief).
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A person who truly does care will be searching for the root cause of the sort of problems you mention. A person who is unwilling to consider the root cause of a problem is a person who really doesn't care to find the solution.
Schizm
So in your opinion, what are the solutions to all those natural disasters? Can't you see the best we can do so far is to try and detect the warning signs. What can someone who is powerless to stop such things do, but grieve with the losses, and do whatever they can to help those in the aftermath?
What can someone who is powerless to stop such things do, but grieve with the losses, and do whatever they can to help those in the aftermath?
Providing such assistance to the victims of such tragedies is an unselfish, praiseworthy thing. However, no matter how much assistance we might provide, that won't keep the same thing from happening over and over again. Obviously, God is the only person who has the ability to stop such tragedies from being repeated. The question is, Why does God allow such things to happen? That's the question that needs answering. And that's where the solution lies.
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Why does God let these terrible things happen? The question can only arise if you think of yourself as a body with a limited lifespan on a rather unpredictable planet completely separated from God. God is not responsible for our dreams of separation and death.
As witnesses we were always taught that the WTS had all the answers, therefore we did too.
Now, we don't have all the answers. Though I have questions too, I feel that I will find them out one day. But I cannot think to myself that God doesn't care, though I might not understand why bad things are allowed to happen.
Well summed up by freedom96
As witnesses we were always taught that the WTS had all the answers, therefore we did too.
Now, we don't have all the answers. Though I have questions too, I feel that I will find them out one day. But I cannot think to myself that God doesn't care, though I might not understand why bad things are allowed to happen.
I think I now believe that God (if that what you call him/her/it) put in place a world of infinite possibilities. As a result, we see the infinitely tragic and cruel; the Tsunami this week in SE Asia, the massacre of 6 million innocent Jews during WWII.
On the other hand, we can see the infinitely altruistic and humanitarian; people are often prepared die (e.g. fire-fighters in 9/11 disaster) to give others a chance to live, aid workers will work themselves into the ground over the next few weeks in SE Asia.
Perhaps great leaders such as Jesus, the Buddha, Mohamed and Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela greatest contribution to mankind is to help us see the infinite possibilities for good.
Eyeslice
Perhaps great leaders such as Jesus, the Buddha, Mohamed and Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela greatest contribution to mankind is to help us see the infinite possibilities for good
Always enjoy your comments eyeslice - when I think of all the billions of hours being given by witnesses in what they think is a great service to others -and that turns out to be just a sales pitch for an organization -wow - it boggles the mind what good we could have done as witnesses if good was what the organization had directed us to do - All the hours I put in service over 30 years - I could have really done some good for people with 'real' works of aid to them....
But alas - time has not escaped yet to do good. I will try.
Just My Opinion
Jeff
