(May 24, 2017 at 12:14 pm)Harry Nevis Wrote:(May 24, 2017 at 11:28 am)SteveII Wrote: That you can lean on God and he will be a comfort even through the worst situations. God was always with Jamal. Notice these verses (or any other) do not promise miraculous intervention in your time of trouble. The promise is always spiritual support and/or peace.
Spiritual support and/or peace. It's a shame no one can tell whether a god provides these vague items or not.
1. Yes. I would add that God promises to provide support to cope with the suffering.
2. This line of reasoning does not seem to be the case in the real world. The more suffering in the world, the faster Christianity grows. Christianity is growing at unprecedented rates in the third world even today. I am certainly not saying God causes suffering, but God seems to be more real to those in need. To supernaturally intervene ever time someone asked might not be the greatest good considering the "blip compared to eternity".
Or people get desperate for anything the more they suffer.
Well, instead of sitting on your hyper/pseudoskeptical ass and simply asserting millions of people's experiences are not real, why don't you find someone who has experienced suffering and God's peace and ask them. Find an article somewhere and post a comment.
