Romans 8:28 28 And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to {His} purpose.

Job 1:9-10 9 Then Satan answered the LORD, "Does Job fear God for nothing? 10 "Have You not made a hedge about him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.

No one laughs at God in a hospital No one laughs at God in a war No one’s laughing at God When they’re starving or freezing or so very poor No one laughs at God When the doctor calls after some routine tests No one’s laughing at God When it’s gotten real late And their kid’s not back from the party yet

John 14:14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.

Why do you blame God for your shortsightedness? Maybe he kept you from getting into a bad realationship? From what you said, she screwed you over royally! Would it have been better to have to be married to her and find out a worse way? You cant blame God cause you didnt get what you think you needed. We all get what we need, not always what we want. The way I see it, he saved your butt, bud. By bringing down hardship on her! Funny how stuff always seems to work out if you think about it.

Originally posted by LeoVirgo
reply to post by jackflap

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May I ask you that if you believe God answers prayers when we ask....why are so many children suffering?

Is it not obvious that God works in ways that are only do-able without a 'knowing' that they are a miracle. Would it not be a miracle if food fell from the sky for the suffering children starving...many churches and people pray daily for these children. Is this God making a 'choice' to not intervene here because we cant understand why God does what God does....or could it be that God waits for us to intervene....to act in divine ways ourselves....instead of us waiting on God to fix these things in the world. What lesson would we learn if God comes to fix things....it would teach us nothing in for us learning to make a change in the world.

During a noisy space pirate attack, Bender—trying to find some peace and quiet in a torpedo tube—is launched into interstellar space beyond the reach of Fry and Leela. After an asteroid crashes into him, a civilization of tiny humanoids ("Shrimpkins") grows on Bender and worships him as a god. At first, Bender enjoys his new-found status, picking a prophet named Malakai and having Malakai bring "The One Commandment" ("God Needs Booze") from "Up High" (Bender's head) to the Shrimpkins, who brew what for them are vast quantities of "Lordweiser" beer. The Shrimpkins begin praying for rain, sun, and wealth, and Bender attempts to heed their prayers—failing and harming the Shrimpkins in the process. Eventually, Malakai tells him that the Shrimpkins who migrated to his backside felt their prayers were unheeded and became atheists. The atheists threaten war with Bender's worshippers, but Bender is horrified by how his attempts to help the Shrimpkins only harmed them, and he refuses to intervene. The micro-civilization is destroyed when the Shrimpkin factions launch atomic weapons out of Bender's nuclear pile.

Bender soon meets a cosmic entity who is alluded to be God and recounts his experiences. "God" notes that the best way to deal with worshippers is to use a light touch so they will neither lose hope nor become dependent on supernatural intervention, saying, "When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all."

Fry and Leela search for a way to locate Bender, which leads them to a sect of monks who use a radio telescope to search for God in space. Leela overpowers and locks up the pacifist monks and Fry spends the next three days searching for Bender. Fry finds "God" by accident, and "God" flings Bender back to Earth just as Fry and Leela are leaving the monastery, causing Leela to exclaim that "This is, by a wide margin, the least likely thing that has ever happened." Bender quickly recounts his tale ("First I was God, then I met God!") and Fry boasts they "climbed up a mountain and locked up some monks," which reminds Leela that they never let them out. Fry is reluctant to return to the monastery and claims that God will surely help them. Bender tells them that God cannot be counted on for anything, and demands they rescue the monks themselves. The camera zooms out from Earth, past planets, through space, and back to God, who chuckles and repeats his advice: "When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all."

God: "Bender, being God isn't easy. If you do too much, people get dependent on you. And if you do nothing, they lose hope. You have to use a light touch, like a safecracker or a pickpocket."
Bender: "Or a guy who burns down a bar for the insurance money!"
God: "Yes, if you make it look like an electrical thing. When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all."

Originally posted by Watcher-In-The-Shadows
reply to post by jfj123

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If the soul never dies then what's it matter about physical death?

Originally posted by jfj123

Originally posted by Watcher-In-The-Shadows
reply to post by jfj123

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If the soul never dies then what's it matter about physical death?

If it doesn't matter at all then why would god have even bothered putting us here. Did he make a mistake?

You can't have it both ways.
See I pay attention to what you say. Please also kindly do the same