I still trust in God, but I'm also aware that he didn't guarantee everyone honest government or a free society. In fact, the guy who started my church seemed to think that the world would be pretty unkind to those who stood by his name.
God wants us with him in Heaven. I trust that Jesus provides the way to get there. I don't believe that it will be an easy road.
THIS! I'm actually quite stunned by the believers in here thinking he has some plan to save us....on Earth.... in the eternal life sure, but it's well known that your faith in him has no baring on our lives here. Otherwise, why is it the most evil and greedy people seem to be the most successful.
This is exactly right. I can’t stand every atheist that uses the same tired argument about how their can’t be a God that allows such bad things to happen on Earth.
They are basically expecting God to create a world where everything is perfect and there isn’t any problem anywhere ever. That would truly be an existence where free will has no purpose whatsoever. A utopia where humanity’s only concerns would be how to gratify themselves next.
Paradise comes next, but only for those who purify their souls while on earth. There wouldn’t be any room for personal growth in a world where nobody ever has to face a challenge or overcome adversity. Existence would basically be pointless in such a world.
With free will comes the ability to destroy and make things worse, as well as the ability to build up and make things better. We will go through periods of both, and have true free will to choose for ourselves while alive.
This is what Lucifer hated us for. The gift of free will. The reason he defied God and became a fallen angel. Life and free will are a gift. Living in itself is amazing, the bad helps us appreciate the good. If everything were always good all the time, how would we ever come to appreciate it? We’d know nothing else and wouldn’t even be able to comprehend whether it was good or not.
I still trust in God, but I'm also aware that he didn't guarantee everyone honest government or a free society. In fact, the guy who started my church seemed to think that the world would be pretty unkind to those who stood by his name.
God wants us with him in Heaven. I trust that Jesus provides the way to get there. I don't believe that it will be an easy road.
THIS! I'm actually quite stunned by the believers in here thinking he has some plan to save us....on Earth.... in the eternal life sure, but it's well known that your faith in him has no baring on our lives here. Otherwise, why is it the most evil and greedy people seem to be the most successful.
This is exactly right. I can’t stand every atheist that uses the same tired argument about how their can’t be a God that allows such bad things to happen on Earth.
They are basically expecting God to create a world where everything is perfect and there isn’t any problem anywhere ever. That would truly be an existence where free will has no purpose whatsoever. A utopia where humanity’s only concerns would be how to gratify themselves next.
Paradise comes next, but only for those who purify their souls while on earth. There wouldn’t be any room for personal growth in a world where nobody ever has to face a challenge or overcome adversity. Existence would basically be pointless in such a world.
With free will comes the ability to destroy and make things worse, as well as the ability to build up and make things better. We will go through periods of both, and have true free will to choose for ourselves while alive.
This is what Lucifer hated us for. The gift of free will. The reason he defied God and became a fallen angel. Life and free will are a gift. Living in itself is amazing, the bad helps us appreciate the good. If everything were always good all the time, how would we ever come to appreciate it? We’d know nothing else and wouldn’t even be able to comprehend whether it was good or not.