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Posted on 09/17/2014 7:06:26 PM PDT by impactplayer

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1 posted on 09/17/2014 7:06:27 PM PDT by impactplayer
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To: impactplayer

Dinesh Desouza wrote a great book about this topic:

http://www.dineshdsouza.com/books/godforsaken/


2 posted on 09/17/2014 7:09:39 PM PDT by MNDude
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To: impactplayer

Dinesh Desouza wrote a great book about this topic:

http://www.dineshdsouza.com/books/godforsaken/


3 posted on 09/17/2014 7:10:14 PM PDT by MNDude
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To: impactplayer

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Problem_of_Pain


4 posted on 09/17/2014 7:18:12 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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I wanna know why so many good things happen to bad people. I’ve noticed a trend with career criminals. At times irpt seems as if there are supernatural protection. Things like sudden traffic jams stopping LEOs from capturing and arresting them, moving the day or week before a warrant is served, cameras not capturing their faces or the license plate numbers because someone walked by or blocked them by parking at the exact right spot to block the view, etc...


5 posted on 09/17/2014 7:18:50 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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There is no real answer to this question, because it is a flawed question! The question assumes we are good. There really are no “good” people, so how in the world could any of us tell “bad” things from “good” things? The question we actually need to ask is: “Why would a good God let those trying to do His will suffer?” This question has real answers.

PFL

6 posted on 09/17/2014 7:19:18 PM PDT by Alex Murphy ("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
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And the best person in the world ever, died a horrible torturous death on a cross after a sham trial by a bunch of conniving Rabbi’s and a few Romans who went along to get along.

Who is good?

Luke 18:19


7 posted on 09/17/2014 7:20:18 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Bible Summary in a few verses: John 14:6, John 6:29, Romans 10:9-10)
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To: jsanders2001

I wanna know why so many good things happen to bad people. I’ve noticed a trend with career criminals. At times it seems as if there have supernatural protection. Things like sudden traffic jams stopping LEOs from capturing and arresting them, moving the day or week before a warrant is served, cameras not capturing their faces or the license plate numbers because someone walked by or blocked them by parking at the exact right spot to block the view, etc...I see this all the time...


8 posted on 09/17/2014 7:20:46 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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Psalm 37:7-9
Psalm 73 (all of it)

Their time will be up soon enough and they’ll be gone (forever)


9 posted on 09/17/2014 7:25:58 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Bible Summary in a few verses: John 14:6, John 6:29, Romans 10:9-10)
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think about it this way.

if they are unsaved, this life, is the closest to heaven they will ever get.

for the saved, it’s the closest to hell we’ll ever get.

would you trade prosperity and seeming to get the breaks now, or later?


10 posted on 09/17/2014 7:26:17 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: impactplayer

This should be forwarded to all who have suffered loss and grieved for their loss.

Thank you for this. We worship a true, righteous and omnipotent Creator who loves us far more than we will ever love Him.

Such a beautiful reality, where would we be without God?

All knees will bend and all heads will bow. The heavens will rejoice and all the angelic host. We may sleep before we see it come to pass. Sleep is good. We may be awake, awake is good also.

What a wonderful thing this is to read.

Thank you.


11 posted on 09/17/2014 7:27:15 PM PDT by the anti-mahdi
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> would you trade prosperity and seeming to get the breaks now, or later?

Obama ensured that I have no prosperity left believe me. I used to earn so much more. To answer your question I would rather receive my reward later if I’m deemed worthy enough...: )


12 posted on 09/17/2014 7:36:41 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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This world is not a paradise. Innocent people die, and little girls get messed up. God is not in control here. Nor is the devil. It is people who say whether there will be a hell on earth or a heaven on earth. God said let us make man in our image. “Let us give them dominion.” Jesus said I give you the keys to the kingdom. Anything you bind on earth will be bound in heaven. Whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. “I give you power over all the power of the enemy.” In this world even God doesn’t get what he wants. Do you think God wanted man to fall? Do you think God wanted the Columbine shootings to happen? Do you think God wanted 9/11 to happen? Do you think God wants people to starve to death? “I wish above all things that you may prosper and be in health.” It is not “His will” that any should perish but have everlasting life. So stop with this misconception of reality that bad things shouldn’t happen or that it’s God’s will when they do. It’s up to us. To us.


13 posted on 09/17/2014 7:36:51 PM PDT by conservativeimage (I Won't Go Underground http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wema3CNqzvg)
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To: impactplayer

There are no good people


14 posted on 09/17/2014 7:37:16 PM PDT by InvisibleChurch (http://thegatwickview.tumblr.com/ http://thepurginglutheran.tumblr.com/)
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It rains on the just and unjust. The sun shines on both as well....The same sun that causes some grass to grow causes others to wither. God’s Grace will cause some to continue in their sin until the end, while others will be convicted and turn to God.

Likewise, suffering will cause some to draw ever closer to God, while others would rather curse God and die.

When we are with God, we will see that all things worked to the good of those that believe. This does NOT say all things are good, some are bad things that God will turn to good for us.


15 posted on 09/17/2014 7:37:29 PM PDT by BereanBrain
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Your grief is real - and justified! But Obama is not our savior. The most difficult thing in this world is to be in the midst of trouble and stay focused on the True Savior! But I’ve been there - and so has He - and He will see you through - I know!!


16 posted on 09/17/2014 7:41:21 PM PDT by impactplayer
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let’me set you right.

you are not going to be deemed worthy enough. stop’working for it.

you can receive the free gift of Jesus Christ’s toning death and have His righteousness imparted/credited to you, which pays your entire life’ sin debt and allows you to be reconciled to God, now and forever.

i know that may be what you meant, or believe, i just wrote it a little more precise. :-)


17 posted on 09/17/2014 7:42:10 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: impactplayer
When you play a game like civilization... do you feel sorry for the bad things that happen to the NPC’s in the game?

Or, it is sort of meaningless since, it's not real?

I see life on earth sort of that way. The bad things that happen to us here on earth.. from a heavenly perspective don't matter, because from Heaven our life here on earth seems like NPC living in a simulation. Except in there reality, we NPC’s can earn the right to leave the game and enter the real world we call heaven with new bodies created specifically for us by the game creator in the real world.

18 posted on 09/17/2014 7:43:11 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama lied .. the economy died.)
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To: conservativeimage.com

God IS in control - but He has given us the freedom to make decisions - for Him or for us. When we pick us, we get what we ask for - and that includes the consequences of our decisions. When we pick Him, we get what He promises. It really is that simple.


19 posted on 09/17/2014 7:47:17 PM PDT by impactplayer
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The real answer is in the real prophecies in Tanakh.


20 posted on 09/17/2014 7:47:40 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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