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God Doesn’t Care
If God exists, why does He let so many bad things happen?
Look around.
What do you see? Blue skies? Green grass? Kittens playing? Children laughing?
Or do you see, hear and feel the hatred, violence, intolerance, cruelty, and greed that happens every day, everywhere, every way?
War. Poverty. Grief. Subjugation. Shootings. Defamation. Genocide. Abuses of every horrifying kind. Neglect. Bullying. Shaming.
Our news is filled with anger and outrage, and I hear the same question asked again and again.
“Why does God let such terrible things happen?” and “If God really exists, why doesn’t He stop all this?”
Freedom and Choice
If you tell someone to do something they don’t want to do, even if it’s good for them, the first thing they are likely going to do is list all the reasons they can think of not to do it. They are bound to mention the fact that they have the freedom to choose, and they would be right. Whether or not the choice is a good or bad one, right or wrong, beneficial or costly is rarely debated.
Though it probably should be.
