Hi Jeff, I wont defend God, his people or his principles. I will just say I don't know. To say anything else would just be my speculation on my part.
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If God Truly Cared About People Wouldn't He DO SOMETHING By Now?
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Ok happy guy, that last post may have been a bit testy. I just woke up. Sometimes I feel like you are on the attack, and maybe you just aren't. Hard to tell peoples intentions through the written word.
Possibly we cant always necessarily understand God by what read either. Maybe we don't always understand the intent the bible writers had in some of their writings.
Sometimes I wish God would step in and stop it all, but if he did, he would be picking & choosing. To be fair, he would he would have to take complete controll over everything. How many of us would really want that? You would be forced to love a God, that you maybe you dont. You would be forced to do works for him that you don't want to. Would you be willing to sacrifice your freedom and give complete submission to this God, for the good of the world?
I wish you all peace and I do respect your opinions, and I do try to understand them. Im actually a very open minded person. I hope that if I continue to come to this board that I can receive th same in return.
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Happy Guy, seriously, have you been infected by these worms? You seem to be blind to anything I've already explained.
Show me where science or anyone says that human steps cannot stop river worms. Is there science that says there is no insecticide to kill this fly? What about medications to treat it? Personally I think this river worm discussion is off topic.
God WONT personally kill the worms because its OUR responsibility to care for the earth. Read Genesis. The bible doesn't talk about river worms, but it does talk about cleanliness, Read Leviticus, it talks about caring for others, read Matthew. Im not going to give you just a single scripture, you need to read the books in context.
Im sorry you don't like the answers, take it up with God.
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Have a peaceful & beautiful day. HG.
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Making Sense of God's Silence
by lovelylil2 inthere is a wonderful 4 part radio program on the plain truth ministries website this week about making sense of god's silence.
you can find it here www.ptm.org just click on radio and you can listen online or download free mp3s of the program.. here is the order of the 4 part series and topics discussed;.
1. is god really there?.
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I agree with you all, I was starting to feel like a lone duck in the shooting range.
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Welcome!
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Oh, Happy, one more thought.
Do you have children? If so as a father would you want your children to just sit around and do nothing, or would you want them to take steps knowing that every step they take is either for good or evil and all have consequences. God our heavenly father like our earthly father would not want us to take a step in the wrong direction ie take drugs and tells us the evil of it however it is still our choice to take that drug as it is your childs that is free will. We have to choose to take advice and do what we know to be right.
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Ok Happyguy, my comments were not meant as an attack on you personally but on the idea that people tend to want someone other than themselves to solve todays problems. I will respond to your comments now. ( I can't get it to cut & paste so all will answer numerically)
1. I don't believe God is pure love. He has other qualities, much like we do.
2. Man wanted to rule themselves, so he let them. Cause & effect. Brief reasons why there is suffering:
A. Natural forces of the earth, tornado's & earthquakes, wild fires have purposes, we need to be out of the way. Sometimes these are mistakenly called "Acts of God" , But some may be caused by Satan. See Job Chapter 1.
B. Some suffering we self inflict by using poor choices in our free will.
C. Some suffering inflicted by others using their poor choice of free will.
D. Disease a result of our sinful nature and us not properly caring for our earth.
3. No blame shifting here, man wanted to rule themselves, so here we are. And you're still under the assumption that he's doing nothing. As I said before he uses people (thats where you & I come in) also see Hab. chapter 2.
4. I have great empathy for others, that is why I give to organizations that meet these needs. I would go personally, but its not finacially practical for me to do so, therefore I give to those who can. Have you been to the third world? I would be encouraged to hear how you have been helping these children. Yes, I know you want God to, but he has given that responsiblity to us. Just asking, no disrespect meant.
5. The book of Matt. shows us that we are to feed the hungry, help the sick & injured & to be in peace with one another. If we all did a little more to practice this , the world would indeed be a better place.
6. God is doing something by teaching us in scripture how to help ourselves & others. I trust that he sees the bigger picture.
In the future, its Little Bird. I wont respond to any further name calling.
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God hasn't carried out rev 21, because there is revelation 1-20 to go through first.
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Oh just saw your response Min.