Posted on 12/03/2022 3:44:57 AM PST by RoosterRedux
This is an excellent response to the question. One of the best and most concise I have ever heard (and fast...because Shapiro is a very fast speaker).
People ask “Where is God?” when atrocities happen. God asks “Where is man?”
What about some poor baby born with an untreatable (even by modern science) birth defect, who is doomed to die a slow, agonizing death?
I can understand (almost) God refraining from interceding to prevent acts of cruelty by humans against other human, since that would limit their Free Will.
But why does God allow untreatable birth defects, causing babies to suffer? How would it restrict Man's Free Will if such birth defects had simply never existed?
Regards,
Birth defects due to what exactly? Incest? Social conditions? Diseases? Biological problems with parents? And it’s all God’s fault. Got it.
The idea that God does not intervene is untrue. He was there from day one, He created man, woman, marriage and a whole lot of other things that make us unique from beasts. He returned incarnate in Christ to show us more of His Glory. He continues His work in all aspects. He intervenes by intercession. He loves so much that He can turn Saul of Tarsus into Paul the Apostle.
He healed those in the land He walked in, to the point that many Scholars believe it was a period of almost no disease.
He is asking for you to follow Him. Because it would be impossible, He intervenes and empowers, often.
All of Creation testifies to this and it is just willingness to be in unbelief to believe otherwise.
Some people believe in a god and not The Creator God, who came and will
return.
A simple tour of the Grand Canyon will provide ample evidence of His major judgement upon the entire earth.
The point of the video is that God does not intervene in a way that deprives man of free will.
Your right
Also it’s been said God protects crazy people and drunks it means a lot of people have a chance.
Sorry for inserting myself in a conversation you are having with someone else.
In fact, I would say the odds are overwhelmingly in favor of the conclusion that God pulled my fat out of the fire regularly.
I can confidently say that, without God, I would have been dead a long time ago.
BTW, I can't say it's coincidence because it has happened so many times it would be statistically impossible by a long shot.
Exodus 9-12
“And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken unto Moses.”
Ruh Roh....This blows the claim the Bible God does not interfere with human free will...
Amen I’ve been on that same road
What do you make of that verse?
Christ stated “Tetelestai”, not that hard to figure out why events occur/individuals chosen to get to carry out that plan God had. Church age carries on God’s next plan which is the Second Coming.
Again concerning free will, the secondary cause rejects intially, up to the sovereignty of the First Cause to decide what to do about that. God is God.
Because there's nothing better than a theological debate in a "Comments" section of a chat group.
I’m saying that people are quick to blame God for all the misfortunes in the world; people ask why doesn’t He do something. Well He has but we killed them. Sixty three million kids murdered and in those there were scientists and doctors and educators plus other disciplines that would have eliminated some of the suffering going on. We do the best we can with what we have.
People are so quick to blame God for things that could have been prevented by humans.
There were babies dying in the Middle Ages, etc. - from diseases that 21st-century medicine is still incapable of treating.
Abortion is immoral - but can't be blamed for the millions who have died in past centuries from diseases that still aren't curable today.
Regards,
I am not blaming God for things that could have been prevented by humans.
Are you seriously claiming that there are no natural catastrophes (earthquakes, typhoons, etc.), genetic defects (Sickle Cell Anemia, haemophilia, etc.) that killed millions in ancient or medieval times, when not even Man's best efforts could have prevented the human death toll?
Regards,
What about genetic defects? Not due to incest.
Over time, millions of babies have died, e.g., because of Sickle Cell Anemia - a natural genetic defect.
Regards,
Well, I guess you should talk with God to find out.
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