Posted on 12/04/2021 6:53:57 PM PST by marshmallow
Most U.S. adults say bad things just happen, and that people are often the reason
For centuries, philosophers and theologians have attempted to answer a vexing question: If there is a good and all-powerful God, then why is there so much suffering and evil in the world? From the biblical Book of Job to the 18th-century satirist Voltaire, the 20th-century Christian writer C.S. Lewis and the 1981 bestseller “When Bad Things Happen to Good People,” both great literature and popular culture repeatedly have tackled this “problem of evil.”
The question takes on added significance amid a global pandemic that has killed 5 million people and recent natural disasters including floods, hurricanes and wildfires. Against the backdrop of these events and others, most Americans say they have spent some time in the past year thinking about big questions like the meaning of life, whether there is any purpose to suffering, and why bad things happen to people, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. Nearly a quarter of U.S. adults (23%) say they have mulled over these topics “a lot.”
In the new survey, the Center attempted for the first time to pose some of these philosophical questions to a nationally representative sample of U.S. adults, finding that Americans largely blame random chance – along with people’s own actions and the way society is structured – for human suffering, while relatively few believers blame God or voice doubts about the existence of God for this reason.
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Blame God?
For out of control government?
They need to direct their anger towards the governments causing this.
Yep God does good. He may not always win but does good.
Seems to me America is seeing Gods righteous judgement played out.
Seems to me America is seeing Gods righteous judgement played out.
We do live in interesting times......
I Blame the ChiComs, the Democrats, and Communism in Govt.
I am still waiting for Fauci to get an Old Testament-style Zot from the Almighty.
Why in the world would I blame God? He gave us explicit instructions on how to behave.
It’s not His fault that a certain number of His creation decided to play Him, then utilize the mayhem to further their evil designs.
Here for all you to watch..I am really scratching my head over this. Russia seems to be moving toward the man upstairs and we are moving away.
Really interesting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZgykarzaM4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtAexVHRVBA
One more. This one is an eye opener.
Might this be “why” the “west” is becoming even more aggressive towards the eastern countries?
A godless society can not stand truths.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaSPlFoY5-k
How many Americans even know about God anymore?
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That is an excellent question.
Blame Mr. Fauxi and his bosses who illegally used our money to fund banned gain-of-function experiments in Wuhan China. Mr. Fauxi openly stated that "he is the science", because his narcissism leads him to believe he's God.
Exactly.
Okay, don’t blame God so now go back to church. A local church actually asked their congregation to invite people to church. Our mega-Church is now poorly attended. Show up and support!
Truth
the church cannot compromise with the culture
The Word is non negotiable
There are still conservative churches in the west.
And it is just a matter of time before we will be persecuted by our feral government.
If one thinks back, about the time the old USSR fell apart-not totally but mostly, was about the time the political climate changed in western culture towards an even more pure hateful attitude towards those eastern nations. I.E. Poland, Russia, etc.
In a normal world, a society would rejoice at the reemergence's of a society moving back towards its moral roots through the re-establishment of its religion.
We are not in a normal world.
If you’re going to go back to church, please make absolutely sure that it’s a church that preaches the Word of Gid, not some mealy-mouthed feel-good message.
Like others, I believe that we are under His judgement for the evil and gross sin we have allowed and are allowing to happen. Abortion, homosex, emerging pedophilia, philosophies that remove God from society...no wonder we’re having the insanity we are having.
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