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Why is there suffering if God is real?
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<blockquote data-quote="CoreyD" data-source="post: 77640855" data-attributes="member: 450434"><p>Hi Don.</p><p>I like your questions, and I can tell by them that you give things quite a lot of thought.</p><p>That's good, because it means you listen, and give consideration to what is said.</p><p></p><p>Many persons have these same questions, and more, and that is quite understandable. after all, we may have seen super hero movies, which never show any hero hearing people's cries for help, and ignoring them. Unless...</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">they aren't around</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">they aren't powerful enough</li> </ol><p>Or, they is another option, which is better than the one that's expected.</p><p></p><p>#1 and #2 need not be considered, because the question of God's existence and power, though still floating around, have been answered, although some do not like the answer.</p><p>So, perhaps considering the latter option is something worth doing.</p><p></p><p>Often, in Superhero movies, the hero is given an option to choose to save one or the other.</p><p>The impossible happens, and they save both. That's Hollywood.</p><p>Keeping it real, what options does God have?</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Save all the young women, men and babies from rape, and kill all the rapist, or allow them to attempt to rape again, and intervene to save the victim?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">kill all would be rapists, and murderers, and those who torture people?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Program everyone to have love, and not have a heart of their own, with desires, intentions, etc.?</li> </ol><p></p><p>Can you think of any options besides those?</p><p>What if God <em>allows</em> all people <em>their own choice</em> to <strong><em>learn</em></strong> the way of love and peace, despite their negative effects and consequences on others, knowing that those negative effects and consequences, will be reversed, and never be remembered, nor occur again, because all traces of those who chose not to learn love, will be gone forever - never to be seen again (Please read Psalm 37:1-20, Romans 8:18-25, and Revelation 21:3-5)?</p><p></p><p>Does that not sound like a better option?</p><p>Is it something you heard or thought about before?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CoreyD, post: 77640855, member: 450434"] Hi Don. I like your questions, and I can tell by them that you give things quite a lot of thought. That's good, because it means you listen, and give consideration to what is said. Many persons have these same questions, and more, and that is quite understandable. after all, we may have seen super hero movies, which never show any hero hearing people's cries for help, and ignoring them. Unless... [LIST=1] [*]they aren't around [*]they aren't powerful enough [/LIST] Or, they is another option, which is better than the one that's expected. #1 and #2 need not be considered, because the question of God's existence and power, though still floating around, have been answered, although some do not like the answer. So, perhaps considering the latter option is something worth doing. Often, in Superhero movies, the hero is given an option to choose to save one or the other. The impossible happens, and they save both. That's Hollywood. Keeping it real, what options does God have? [LIST=1] [*]Save all the young women, men and babies from rape, and kill all the rapist, or allow them to attempt to rape again, and intervene to save the victim? [*]kill all would be rapists, and murderers, and those who torture people? [*]Program everyone to have love, and not have a heart of their own, with desires, intentions, etc.? [/LIST] Can you think of any options besides those? What if God [I]allows[/I] all people [I]their own choice[/I] to [B][I]learn[/I][/B] the way of love and peace, despite their negative effects and consequences on others, knowing that those negative effects and consequences, will be reversed, and never be remembered, nor occur again, because all traces of those who chose not to learn love, will be gone forever - never to be seen again (Please read Psalm 37:1-20, Romans 8:18-25, and Revelation 21:3-5)? Does that not sound like a better option? Is it something you heard or thought about before? [/QUOTE]
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