(September 25, 2016 at 9:49 pm)Primordial Bisque Wrote:(September 25, 2016 at 9:20 pm)Lek Wrote: Every living thing dies because God lets them die when he could stop it. No matter when or how we die God could have stopped it, but he allows it.
So, let's say we have someone who is devoted to God, and dedicates a majority of their time to carrying out good works in His name. One day, while walking to the store, they get taken, dragged behind a dumpster, beaten, brutally gang raped, and left for dead, ultimately giving up the ghost as they lay there. God allows this?
Of course.
It's a good way to punish her husband.
“Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.”
Thus says the Lord: ‘I will bring evil upon you out of your own house. I will take your wives while you live to see it, and will give them to your neighbor. He shall lie with your wives in broad daylight.
2 Samuel 12:11-14