Though He slay me,
I will hope in Him.
Nevertheless I will argue my ways before Him.
Job 13:15
Rather than read mans answers I will go to the Word.
This will make NO sense to any athiests in here but
GOD DOES WHAT HE WILL AND NONE CAN STAY HIS HAND!
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. John 10:10 NIV (Jesus speaking)
In the beginning, man was given dominion over the earth, but through sin, was disconnected from God. If he accepts Jesus as his Savior, he is reborn into God’s family, reconnected to God by the Holy Spirit. If he has not, he is spiritually connected to the thief (satan). There is no middle ground or “lawful neutral” options.
Once you get some revelation from John 10:10, everything else in life and the Bible gets much easier to understand. The bottomline is who is your spiritual daddy? Who is the Lord of your life? There are only two possibilities.
Who do you think was the spiritual father of the Tucson shooter? Even if he had been saved at some point in his life, he was obviously greatly under the influence of evil. How do I know this? Because God is love. Love does not kill. Love does not hate people. Love forgives. Love looks for and expects the best out of people.
I know God and His angels are constantly working behind the scenes to warn and protect people because life is precious to Him. I’m sure there were people interceding for loved ones without knowing exactly what was going to happen. - I have experienced this grace firsthand in my life with my mother’s prayers that saved me more than once from danger. But how many people received warnings from the Holy Spirit and ignored them or dismissed them?
What fascinates me is how quick people blame God for violence, and the devil never gets any blame at all.
God has given all of us free will. He allows us to exercise this free will, whether we use it for good or evil. Once Adam and Eve ate of the forbidden fruit, then it was all bets off. If the writer is so concerned about evil-doing in the world, then why not ask about the slaughter of millions of little ones in the womb year after year? That’s an evil that seems to have gone on the back burner.
Why does God allow people to become old and die? Why does God allow 0bama to pass a health care law with the beginnings of “mercy killing” in it?
Well, Julia, it’s called free will. Ever since Adam & Eve thought it might be better to do what God said “don’t”. The LORD did not make robots, he made people. Same reason we slide into socialism. Godless, amitious tyrants promise goodies from the treasury to win the admiration of lazy godless people who don’t catch on until it’s too late.
Simple answer: This world was cursed by God after the original sin. Disease, decay, and death and all manner of evil will continue until the final judgment. As Jesus said, “In this world you will have trouble, but take heart, I have overcome the world.”
Because until Christ returns, Satan’s in charge. We have an Advocate, we aren’t alone, but the Bible’s clear about this.
Still, somehow, this will serve the will of God.
He didn’t allow it...we did.
I suspected correctly that there would be many inane responses to an equally inane question.
The Arizona shooting isn’t the most evil thing that has happened. I doubt it was even the most evil thing that happened that particular day. People are so easily manipulated by news stories.
It happened because the world is a cesspool filled to the brim with worthless vermin.
There is no point whatsoever in trying to find happiness or joy in this place. There is nothing good here. Move along.