Where's the Justice?

[Drich]

I suppose if they didn't know what was happening, the parents wouldn't be to blame if they reasonably expected that their adult son would not behave that way.

now take the step to a planetary scale. What if the parent left this task to a few billion children and say 1/3 of them did what was asked 1/3 of them starved and a 1/3 stood by and blamed the parent for not supplying everyone with an over abundance?

God left us in charge thinking we would do a better job and isn't aware of the true situation?

We were specifically designed for this task and complete in every way, until we allowed sin into our lives. Just because we have destroyed our ablity to do what is asked does not mean the task changes to suit our short commings. When is this ever true in life?

Up until about 200 years ago, 90% of the world's population was what is now defined as absolute poverty, a subsistence existence with starvation an ever-hovering danger.

Then if the standard of living was lowered then it would be poverity would it? It would be the standard of living.

The other 10% couldn't have helped all the rest if it expended all of its resources trying. Your comparison only applies in recent history.

We are only responsiable in so far as what we have been entrusted with. we have been blessed with a surplus for nearly 100 years and yet a large portion of this planet goes hungery. this may not have been a burden for our great grandfathers to bear, but it does belong to us.

It is the fault of the parent only if they foresaw what would happen and left the irresponsible adult child in charge anyway.

why do you believe their to be any fault? This life is meant to be a proving grounds and a place where we are to learn what it is to suffer as a result of sin. Seems to me the fault lies in those who seek to spend this life hiding from the 'suffering' we have been tasked to endure and alieviate.

The adult children are ultimately responsible, unless their parent is aware of the situation, could right it, and allows it to continue. In the latter case, the Father shares the blame.

what if the goal is to always have some measure of suffering in the world? you guys seem to confuse the concept of Heaven and a fallen world far too often. Suffering is the consenquence of sin. as Slaves to sin our lot is to suffer as a result of it. Suffering yeilds temperance and wisdom in the faithful man's heart. Wisdom and temperance is the key to an eternal life filled with the things you look to capture and enjoy in this one.