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originally posted by: TheConstruKctionofLight
a reply to: ReligiousQuestionDude
God LOVES when you turn back to him after you screw something up. Believers are most close to God in times of hardship
So god ignores those who cruise through life?
Isn't the saying "misery loves company'
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Misery loves company. ... Misery loves company means people who are suffering are comforted by the knowledge that other are also unhappy. It is a proverb, which is a short phrase or sentence that addresses a universal truth or common sentiment.
Such a god! Wow
originally posted by: TheConstruKctionofLight
a reply to: Out6of9Balance
Creator of all things.
ipso facto the father of suffering
originally posted by: TheConstruKctionofLight
a reply to: Out6of9Balance
Who's judging - just stating the obvious.
Theres a reason religion was created, and its not to give you freedom,
Assumptions going wild though as if TheConstructionofLight made those claims.
Yes, the creator is on the outside, but how the system works was once a thought in the mind of the creator.
Second, can there ever be a satisfying answer to this question?
originally posted by: Out6of9Balance
originally posted by: apydomis
originally posted by: BrianFlanders
3. That's satisfying enough for me.
You were satisfied to start thinking about existence at a point which is unfinished. To each his own!
Think back to before you existed, that is what a completely controlled existence is. God allows us the ability to bring suffering into this world.
Creator of all things.
originally posted by: TheConstruKctionofLight
a reply to: Out6of9Balance
Ah - I was waiting for it - scratch the surface of any christian and here comes the "curse"
Where does luck come into your deterministic Universe?
originally posted by: Joeshiloh
There like a fruit brearing tree there are the trunk and the branch's, then the leaf, then the flower there is the 3 in one. Which then bear's fruit which represents the people of Yehovah's Kingdom. a reply to: olaru12
originally posted by: PhilbertDezineck
True, but God clearly allows it, and since he allows it he must be the cause since he is almighty and does not stop it.
a reply to: Out6of9Balance
Lets say your child goes out and starts doing drugs robbing stores and such is it the the fathers fault?
originally posted by: MorpheusUSA
a reply to: Out6of9Balance
What I have come up with to this question is something ppl don't like to hear.
God has given humanity a gift called "Free Will" and we as human exploit the hell out of this. Who causes suffering? People do in some form or fashion, we either cause ourselves to suffer, cause others to suffer from our actions or word, or we as humans cause suffering to other masses of people.
We as people can't dare blame ourseleves for all the hell we go through and so we blame God for allowing suffering or we blame Satan for the turmoil in our lives. But in most cases we have done it to ourselves (i.e. humanity) through a veriaty of methods.