RE: Where's the Justice?
July 7, 2012 at 3:43 am
(This post was last modified: July 7, 2012 at 3:57 am by Undeceived.)
Godschild, we do not need to be putting shame on anybody, or be disappointed. God does not call us to judge. This is a serious question, and one way of answering it is by demonstrating God's love. Unbelievers choose to focus on negative aspects in life. We ought to present the other side in a caring way.
FallentoReason, there is so much good. Consider human relationships. A parent-child relationship is one of the most impactful and fulfilling experiences you will ever have. Husband-wife. Brother-sister. Neighbor-neighbor. Picture the best example you have ever seen of those. Then imagine if people were that loving to perfect strangers. Would there be starvation? No. Nor thievery, war or any other kind of destruction. God calls us to love our neighbor, even our enemy. And he gives us a choice to do so--or not to. If we did not have a choice, it could not be called love. With love and light enters the possibility of hate and darkness. If you do not choose life, you choose death. The world is made of polar opposites. As humans, we understand this. It is why we root for good to triumph and evil to be vanquished. It is why we pretend to be the most honorable, wise person around, only to stab people in the back for our own personal gain. There is good and bad in the world. The good came from somewhere. The bad is the void left in place of good. If one did good, there would be no room for evil. If you wish to use evil as an argument against God, explain goodness and morality. Explain why our world is divided by opposites. Random processes do not create dichotomies, nor are dichotomies beneficial to life. Division is why we have war. We are all different, unique individuals with the ability to choose. If we did not have the ability to choose--or were all similar--our survival would benefit greatly. Instead, each of us is determined by God to have a specific purpose. I invite you to read Romans 12. We are all one body, it says, with different functions. It adds, "Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good." The ultimate example of love, of course, is Jesus' death on the cross for our dark hearts. Every day we think thoughts hurtful to ourselves and others, but God forgives us through his son's sacrifice. When we ask for forgiveness, we are washed clean as though we had never sinned. People hailed insults upon Jesus, flogged him and executed him. He had never sinned, but he experienced its affects. We don't need to go through what he did. All we have to do is believe in Jesus' extreme goodness to us.
This article by Josh McDowell further answers the topic: http://www.bethinking.org/suffering/intr...-exist.htm
FallentoReason, there is so much good. Consider human relationships. A parent-child relationship is one of the most impactful and fulfilling experiences you will ever have. Husband-wife. Brother-sister. Neighbor-neighbor. Picture the best example you have ever seen of those. Then imagine if people were that loving to perfect strangers. Would there be starvation? No. Nor thievery, war or any other kind of destruction. God calls us to love our neighbor, even our enemy. And he gives us a choice to do so--or not to. If we did not have a choice, it could not be called love. With love and light enters the possibility of hate and darkness. If you do not choose life, you choose death. The world is made of polar opposites. As humans, we understand this. It is why we root for good to triumph and evil to be vanquished. It is why we pretend to be the most honorable, wise person around, only to stab people in the back for our own personal gain. There is good and bad in the world. The good came from somewhere. The bad is the void left in place of good. If one did good, there would be no room for evil. If you wish to use evil as an argument against God, explain goodness and morality. Explain why our world is divided by opposites. Random processes do not create dichotomies, nor are dichotomies beneficial to life. Division is why we have war. We are all different, unique individuals with the ability to choose. If we did not have the ability to choose--or were all similar--our survival would benefit greatly. Instead, each of us is determined by God to have a specific purpose. I invite you to read Romans 12. We are all one body, it says, with different functions. It adds, "Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good." The ultimate example of love, of course, is Jesus' death on the cross for our dark hearts. Every day we think thoughts hurtful to ourselves and others, but God forgives us through his son's sacrifice. When we ask for forgiveness, we are washed clean as though we had never sinned. People hailed insults upon Jesus, flogged him and executed him. He had never sinned, but he experienced its affects. We don't need to go through what he did. All we have to do is believe in Jesus' extreme goodness to us.
This article by Josh McDowell further answers the topic: http://www.bethinking.org/suffering/intr...-exist.htm
