tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post1016801133537733573..comments2024-03-25T05:23:41.171-04:00Comments on Bilbo's Random Thought Collection: Bad Things - vs - Good PeopleBilbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14213505386288233192noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-81610281931729310552008-05-28T14:27:00.000-04:002008-05-28T14:27:00.000-04:00I personally believe that evil is a necessity of ...I personally believe that evil is a necessity of the universe in which we exist; it is what God wants. Most important, this fact tells us nothing about the nature of God. What would life be like without evil? What meaning hath life without death? All of that which we call evil consists of bad things that people do to people (including themselves), and death itself. That is the essence of life on earth; we are not in heaven, and it is unreasonable to expect this life to be eternal and perfect! God has created a universe in which our free will makes a difference. We are in a game which is played for the highest stakes of all; life and death. God wants it that way. That's the point; in this universe we must use our free will to create our own fate, and live or die with the consequences. That's the system, wishing won't make this world go away. I believe in God and pray daily unto him for blessings on those I love and for his guidance; but as Mark Twain warned, I do not ask him for a fishhook if I have only line--the fishhook I must find or fashion myself. You notice that this answer avoids Singer's trap; I will not stop believing in God because He has set up a system that makes life hard; I am determined to do my best within His system. Bilbo: you know who this is, as usual.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-51333245220360067382008-05-24T07:12:00.000-04:002008-05-24T07:12:00.000-04:00Good & Bad are such loaded values... I don't think...Good & Bad are such loaded values... I don't think that people are good or bad.People just behave foolishly or wisely.<BR/><BR/>Then again... Leaving any & every religion alone ( I think there could be as many as people out there ) Lets take God as the Center or the central power in the universe. Then considering that God is 'running' the show, it is quite understandable that amongst the larger plan of God, we just sometimes might not fit in. & then again, in the larger perspective, there may be a reason for things to happen the way they do.<BR/><BR/>Sometimes what we consider as 'bad' things happening to us, may be just lessons in the process of our growth...For every cause there has to be an effect.<BR/><BR/>People being wiped out on a mass scale by earthquakes & cyclones etc. Malthus would explain that as the law of population balance.. that is whenever population increases more than in limit in a threatening way, it tends to balance itself by a mass destruction of people through a natural calamity, or by some wars , in accordance to the law of survival of the fittest!<BR/><BR/>Life has a way of preserving & balancing itself, because the very purpose of Life is Itself!<BR/><BR/>As far as God doing things is concerned...I feel God is like a catalyst agent. He does not have to do anything. He/she is just like a catalyst in the Presence of who things begin to happen themselves. The catalyst is something that is not essential ingredient for a chemical change to take place, but whose Presence is necessary for the change to take place more effectively.Monahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08615034229525061880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-2881001547563569832008-05-23T18:16:00.000-04:002008-05-23T18:16:00.000-04:00I've always hated that phrase that people are inhe...I've always hated that phrase that people are inherently bad, and God's punishing them. Things happen. Bad things happen . <BR/><BR/>I believe in a compassionate God who's just as sad and confused as we are by these events and his role is to help you get through them. So I'm all for working together as human beings to solve the terrible problems that happen (I don't believe "God throws them at us"). They just happen.<BR/><BR/>The secret is to reach out and help where you can, regardless of beliefs and traditions.<BR/><BR/>Sorry for the long comment. So much to say...ssgreylordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13522747299229405275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-25021221440892968132008-05-23T14:51:00.000-04:002008-05-23T14:51:00.000-04:00Amanda is right. That phrase is very truthful.Amanda is right. That phrase is very truthful.Jean-Luc Picardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01689798190618944262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-47947036096052472042008-05-23T08:35:00.000-04:002008-05-23T08:35:00.000-04:00I always use that saying "God helps those who help...I always use that saying "God helps those who help themselves"<BR/><BR/>Also, perhaps bad things happen to good and bad people but, we just notice it more when it happens to the good. Its not a matter of who's deserving or not....it just happens.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03542715899155247984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-40271360775979371242008-05-23T07:02:00.000-04:002008-05-23T07:02:00.000-04:00For the most part, God doesn't have to punish us, ...For the most part, God doesn't have to punish us, most of us punish ourselves pretty well.<BR/><BR/>I feel no remorse for Obama with Wright. I hope that man becomes the bane of his existence.<BR/><BR/>Oops I'm letting my feelings on that man show again...Grrrr.The Mistress of the Darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16923975714269274370noreply@blogger.com