Disease & the lack of divine intervention

[jacorian]

Why does the Lord let so many people perish from cancer? There is nothing redeeming about it. Yet over the course of humanity all the dictators seem to have ample opportunity to accomplish their task.

 

[partinobodycular]

Why does the Lord let so many people perish from cancer? There is nothing redeeming about it. Yet over the course of humanity all the dictators seem to have ample opportunity to accomplish their task.

Maybe you should consult with Mother Teresa on that one.

 

[Tropical Wilds]

Why does the Lord let so many people perish from cancer? There is nothing redeeming about it. Yet over the course of humanity all the dictators seem to have ample opportunity to accomplish their task.

I reconcile it by understanding it serves to balance life, give perspective to the good. Without bad, we can’t know good.

Flimsy, I know, but it’s the best I have because I’m not God, nobody here is, so I don’t think the correct answer from God’s lips to our ears will happen on here. The best you will get is individual rationalizations.

 

[d taylor]

Why does the Lord let so many people perish from cancer? There is nothing redeeming about it. Yet over the course of humanity all the dictators seem to have ample opportunity to accomplish their task.

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Your answer can be found in the account of the fall of man. For humanity Adam brought in death and the various ways man will die.

 

[Whyayeman]

Why does the Lord let so many people perish from cancer? There is nothing redeeming about it. Yet over the course of humanity all the dictators seem to have ample opportunity to accomplish their task.

It is not just cancer! There are a myriad ailments lurking round the corner. As far as I understand the theology (in as far as theology is understandable) your God is all-powerful and therefore allows agonising deaths. That is difficult to reconcile with an all-loving Saviour who is held to be the Son of your God.

Of course, I have a simple answer.

 

[Matt5]

Why does the Lord let so many people perish from cancer? There is nothing redeeming about it. Yet over the course of humanity all the dictators seem to have ample opportunity to accomplish their task.

You need to understand how the world really works.

Your future is heavily dependent on the past. That's a feedback loop process. Feedback loop processes love to get out of control. That's where negative feedback comes in.

If you eliminate negative feedback, then really bad things happen. Disease (cancer) is negative feedback. No negative feedback means eventually something will come along and wipe out 99% of us.

The economy works the same way. That's why God introduced the Shemitah and Jubilee years at fixed intervals. They are negative feedback, or controlled burns. Failure here means a depression and/or war is coming.