(March 14, 2011 at 3:30 am)Rayaan Wrote:(March 13, 2011 at 9:49 am)Skipper Wrote: Any thoughts from the religious folk here? Other than the usual, God moves in mysterious ways. The devil did it. Blah blah blah.
In short, I don't believe that everything has to be nice, sweet, and perfect for God to exist.
It would be the case for an omnibenevolent God.
Quote:What's interesting is that people who live in poorer countries - which often means a greater number of illnesses, deaths, and natural disasters occurring in those places - tend to be more religious as compared to people who live in countries with higher living standards. They are the ones who see more bad things happening around them than we do, and yet, they still believe in God.
Because they are more oppressed and ignorant.
Quote:Therefore, I think that hard experiences have an effect of reminding people of God in one way or another, as it happens to me as well, though certainly not the case for everyone.
God wants to remind us of him? An ethical being would stop in and say hello rather than slaughter millions of people so the other ones know he's still there.
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