(March 13, 2011 at 8:37 pm)Skipper Wrote:(March 13, 2011 at 2:21 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: Scientists concluded that natural disasters were a good thing because it's this very thing that supports life on this planet. BASTARD SCIENTISTS!!!
That means nothing in this argument. If god created what sustained life on this planet, he could have easily made it naturally possible for the planet to sustain life or create or maintain life without natural disasters such as this.
God did create a perfect world, Satan and people like you and me caused the imperfections that are seen in the world.
theVOID, where do you get this word omnibenevolent from, yes God is benevolent but sometimes (especially) when there is judgement involved God may not seem to be benevolent. Now do not misunderstand, I'm not saying this awful disaster was judgement from God, I do believe this earthquake was part of what happens on this planet. Yes I do believe that God could have stopped this event, that however did not happen for what ever reason and I guess you'll have to ask God why. As for why doesn't He stop natural disasters, how do we know He hasn't, when and if He does we would never know because it never happened.
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.
