Good God!!!

[naomi24]

I am currently watching someone, who has never harmed anyone, die a slow, distressing, and horrendously cruel death. How does that equate with a compassionate God?

[naomi24]

Sith// i believe that god decides when its your time to die.//

And do you also believe he decides on the method of your death? If he does, with friends like him, human beings certainly don’t need enemies. Thank you for your good wishes.

Jack, Wolf, and Duncer thank you very much.

[emmie]

Naomi, it's been deleted, yes shame on him. I would only add that i hope your friend finds some peace.

[seadogg]

If we consider God as the prime mover of the Universe then there is no problem in pain and suffering. Trouble is that God is seen as a personal deity by many people and that's where the trouble arises, as we blame this God for the "thousand natural shocks, that man is heir to".

[lightbulb247]

sorry ladybirder. thoughts are with them.

Why was mikes comment removed. Im not saying it was right, but i still dont know what it was about.

[lightbulb247]

//Thank you for your good wishes//

your welcome.

[emmie]

because it was rude and not right at all.

[naomi24]

Ladybirder, I’m very sorry for your friend. Life can be so hard at times.

[emmie]

i didn't report you, but equally what you said was not right at all.

[emmie]

if you found it offensive why respond at all.

[lightbulb247]

me? what did i say that was offensive.

[emmie]

not you but Mike 1111 and that's been deleted as well

[lightbulb247]

oh, ok.

[Truthabounds]

As I have said previously, I can appreciate why people feel that God is to blame for all the pain and suffering on this earth.
But what you all fail to realise, or accept, is that God WILL remove the pain and suffering and for those who have already died, he has promised a resurrection WITHOUT pain and suffering, to a world where there is only peace. Satan will have been removed.
The resurrected ones are not doomed to failure. Those who come back in the resurrection will not be condemned for sins they committed before they died. (Rom. 6:7) During Christ’s Millennial Reign, as the benefits of the ransom sacrifice are applied, obedient subjects of the Kingdom will grow to perfection, eventually becoming completely free from all the effects of Adam’s sin. (Rom. 8:21) Jehovah “will actually swallow up death forever, and the Sovereign Lord Jehovah will certainly wipe the tears from all faces.” (Isa. 25:8)

[jackthehat]

Yes....but for those suffering in the Here and Now, the promise of *Jam Tomorrow* doesn't really cut it!

[beso]

My best friend died of cancer in 2006. He was aged 44. He was diagnosed shortly after his daughter was born and lived less than a year. He was one of the most considerate, gentle and caring men you could ever hope to meet.

The religious will tell us that God's plan is too complex for us to understand and frankly that is baloney invented to explain why their supposedly loving God allows such suffering for even the people of the highest calibre.

Mother Teresa died regretting that she had not done enough.

[naomi24]

Truthabounds,//I can appreciate why people feel that God is to blame for all the pain and suffering on this earth.//

You really don’t read the posts do you. I haven’t blamed God. I don’t believe in your God. I’ve asked you – and all the other believers – how they equate such suffering with an allegedly compassionate God.

.//But what you all fail to realise, or accept, is that God WILL remove the pain and suffering//

That isn't true. He simply doesn’t.

[NOX]

Agreed Naomi. I often play devil's advocate on this type of thread but not today- all I want to say is how sorry I am for what you and your loved one are going through.

[naomi24]

Thank you.

[boxtops]

naomi - irrespective of any faith, or not - big hug(())