Why I'm Still a Christian

[Jenny A]

So, instead of providing a good reason why your god would do those things, you just answer, "God works in mysterious ways". Yeah, that solves it.

That's not how I answered the question. I answered honestly and said I don't know. He is the creator and only he knows why.

Sorry, but there is no difference between "god works in mysterious ways," and "he is the creator and only he knows why." It's the same thought in different words.

It goes well for christians because we have comfort as we go through these things, knowing that God is with us, and we have hope that there are better things coming. As a believer I don't harbor a lot of anxiety over stuff like that and can live my life more calmly.

If so, I'd expect Christians to have lower blood pressure, fewer heart attacks, and less mental illness. But it isn't so. And while you seem like a nice enough guy Lek, your comments about life don't suggest a comforted man.

Why would a god ignore women of third world countries who don't have access to doctors or pain meds?

He doesn't ignore them. He has instructed us to care for our brothers and sisters in the world, but we don't follow him. If everyone followed the teachings of Jesus, they would have medications.

Even Jesus didn't do that. He lived poor, but he lived off of others. If everyone had done that or given everything away, it would be a very poor world in which no one had invented medications, let alone had them to give away.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him to fish and you feed him for life. Jesus preached the former and had no sense of the later.