once you look at how people in other countries live and what they go through you start looking at things totally different. people in the united states don't experience these kinds of things - which could be a reason why there are a lot of religious people in this country... more so than others. click on the link and you'll see just how cruel life really is. ... it's really sad and pretty fucking pathetic that the majority of those events were man-made. if there really a god out there why can't he change the nature of society? such nasty creatures we humans are. how could we have been created by such a powerful and peaceful god yet have so many flaws within us?
yojimbo i was looking for scriptures to explain all this. i too was very confused and then i was reading my bible and found this:
"therefore hear this now, you who are given to pleasures, who dwell securely, who say in your heart, i am and there is no one else besides me. i shall now sit as a widow, nor shall i know the loss of children; but these two things shall come to you in a moment, in one day: the loss of children and widowhood. they shall come upon you in their fullness because of the multitude of your sorceries, for the great abundance of your enchantments. for you have trusted in your wickedness; you have said, no one sees me; your WISDOM and your KNOWLEDGE have WARPED you; and you have said in your heart, i am, and there is NO ONE else besides me. therefore evil shall come upon you." isaiah 47:8-11
we have become a godless world. we have turned are back on our hope and help. God is allowing these things to happen cuz mankind is turned to wickedness. like you were saying bro, these are man-made events. mankind is evil and God doesnt change the nature of society because He doesnt force Himself on anyone. He calls us to seek a personal relationship with Him and the truth is that these days people would rather trust in themselves and this is the outcome. and yes God is peaceful and powerful and created us without flaws. there is sin and evil in the world today cuz adam and eve wanted to be like God and brought sin, evil, and death into the world. its funny or not really but ironic more that we as society these days are doing the same exact thing. we have made ourselves gods and rejected our creator. its not fair to these other countries to suffer while we here in the U.S. get to be laid back and care free. but the bible clearly states that we WILL fall and be punished. we have become a wicked nation where nothing is sacred anymore, you cant turn it on disney channel with your children to watch and not see some lesbian 15 year old girl who is pregnant by some guy she doesnt know. we are a society with no moral value anymore and i believe what goes around comes around. God is allowing us to punish ourselves so that we might say enough is enough and change.
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