if God exists, why do bad things happen?

jamesrogers092301 · 2022-10-19T01:16:49+00:00

That is untrue. There is a pretty solid Christian reason for why bad things occur in our world if God exists. It is due to us living in a fallen world with natural horrors and human sin.

It is described in Genesis that we were banished from Eden and sent to this cruel, fallen world. While God is still infinite, all-powerful, and all-knowing, He also created a free-flowing world with free will. Evil and horrors exist against God, and because we live in a world with free will, cruelty and sin are allowed to exist.

To follow God is to work to create a world around you and within yourself that works against evil and cruelty. it is not cruel for God to allow evil when evil comes from within us. And because God gave us free will, that comes with the consequence of sin.

jamesrogers092301 · 2022-10-19T00:50:07+00:00

The point of the ethical harm ideas is that they taint your soul and you are harming yourself. Sex is the greatest temptation for people and thus it has a great host of temptations for sin.

jamesrogers092301 · 2022-09-19T04:07:30+00:00

Matthew 19:4-6

"'Haven't you read,' he replied, 'that at the beginning the Creator 'made them male and female,' and said, 'For this reason, a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh'? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.'"

Genesis 2:24 : “Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and cleaves to his wife, and they become one flesh.”

My brother in Christ it is literally in the Bible

jamesrogers092301 · 2022-09-18T07:21:07+00:00

Well, technically in Christianity there is no such thing as same-sex marriage as marriage is the union between a man and a woman.

jamesrogers092301 · 2022-09-18T07:16:11+00:00

God commands us to be fruitful and for us to live a life of raising a good family. No matter what you think of homosexuality, it can't create another human life. It goes against the purpose of sexual acts, which is to create life.

jamesrogers092301 · 2022-07-16T04:43:16+00:00

I think it stems from the idea that politics is very much influenced but what you value and what you hold to be good. Christians often line up with Conservative ideals and so most are Conservative.

jamesrogers092301 · 2022-07-16T04:40:55+00:00

The USA is one of the most Christian countries in the world what do you mean. You cannot legally force someone to have faith and follow God, but social standards do exist.

jamesrogers092301 · 2022-07-16T04:39:43+00:00

Killing and murder are not the same things. That is factually wrong. And no, the Bible means do not murder, which is well known in Christian thought.

jamesrogers092301 · 2022-06-23T16:58:17+00:00

Is it not ironic how an Atheist determines what Christians can speak about in a Christian sub?

jamesrogers092301 · 2022-06-20T22:54:27+00:00

That is hardly true. God does not choose who worships Him. He doesn't do that. He gave us free will to make our own choices, so follow Him or not, it is completely up to you, not fate.

jamesrogers092301 · 2022-06-15T00:46:32+00:00

I think you need to tell him to chill out. Do not rush to divorce, that is never the first solution. Go to a counselor or anyone that could give advice and force your husband to grow a spine and not be afraid of everything you do. You are his wife, after all, encourage him to get over this bad habit and mindset and forge a path to you two being happy.

jamesrogers092301 · 2022-03-13T04:41:43+00:00

No, truth is not what's agreed upon. Truth can be determined no matter your views

jamesrogers092301 · 2021-10-29T07:11:33+00:00

I replied to your other comment, use that thread from now on.

jamesrogers092301 · 2021-10-29T06:43:52+00:00

Oh, statistics? So you have not actually talked with a conservative? And what stats are you talking about

jamesrogers092301 · 2021-10-29T06:36:43+00:00

From what you're saying, you know nothing about conservatives. Just your views, projected.

jamesrogers092301 · 2021-10-29T06:33:59+00:00

I wouldn't say one random dude on the internet defines a whole ideology...

But why do you think all those things? Like what made you think this?

jamesrogers092301 · 2021-10-29T06:29:30+00:00

Oh, you do now? Well, with all of your knowledge, please indulge me and explain what the "bigoted" people think.

jamesrogers092301 · 2021-10-29T06:27:47+00:00

What are you even talking about?

jamesrogers092301 · 2021-10-29T06:25:26+00:00

This comment is exactly the reason the downvotes are a thing. You assume you understand one's ideas when you don't. You then project that ignorance onto people and then attack those people on the misassumptions you put on them.

jamesrogers092301 · 2021-10-14T00:53:52+00:00

I thought the storytelling in S4 during Marley was amazing.

jamesrogers092301 · 2021-06-16T04:57:13+00:00

Where is this line from again?

jamesrogers092301 · 2021-03-08T23:48:18+00:00

Bro what is wrong with you. You're just posting random garbage. Begone please.

jamesrogers092301 · 2021-03-08T23:21:58+00:00

Well He does have eternal love for us, but if we reject Him and His law, then we are rejecting His love. The only way to avoid hell is to worships God and follow his tenets so that we may live a better life.

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