[Windsong]

In Stephen King's novel "Desperation", there is a character which frequently exclaims "God is cruel", after pointing out example after example of tragidies (i.e. painful things) that just cannot be explained in any rational state of mind. I use to laugh at that sentiment, but after seeing the state of our world, I am now inclined to agree.

God IS cruel.

Perfect, Just and Omnipotent maybe..but still Cruel.

[Windsong]

tragidies = tragedies

[ovrtaxt]

Did it ever occur to you that Maybe Gid isn't the One doing the cruel stuff? Maybe it's us doing it to each other. You think the Third Reich was God's idea? I don't. I think the U.S. going in there and kicking the crap out of Germany was.

[John O]

after seeing the state of our world, I am now inclined to agree.

God IS cruel.

Perfect, Just and Omnipotent maybe..but still Cruel.

Not cruel, just a gentleman. God will not impose His will on us by getting us out of the hell we've made this earth unless we invite Him to. How many elected leaders etc do you know who have fallen on their face before God and asked Him to heal their land? (Perhaps President Bush, thank God, but few others)

The world is in the state that we made it. God just shakes His head and longs for us to ask Him to fix it. He won't override our will.