Jesuobu:
God never created evil and but permit it. Evil is just an absence of good, just the same way darkness is just an absence of light. Darkness wasn't created, just take out the candle, and darkness will create itself.

Lennycool:

Your reason that good allows his faithfuls to suffer so as to love him more, tells of a truly psychopathic father void of compassion. So does your reason that he wants us to grow stronger from these experiences. What loving father would allow the devil to kill the all children of his son in less than a day just to test his faith. So the children meant nothing to God.

Micheydy:
[b][/b] You are blessed my brother/sister.

Jesuobu:
God never created evil and but permit it. Evil is just an absence of good, just the same way darkness is just an absence of light. Darkness wasn't created, just take out the candle, and darkness will create itself.

Jesuobu:
You’re shaped by your experiences in life both good and bad, though most of which where beyond your control but God allowed them for His purpose of molding you to what He wants you to be. God intentionally allows you to go through painful experiences so that you know how to help those in pain because he comforts us in all our troubles and wants us to learn from His fair treatment and transfer it to others when the need arises.

Take for example, with the case of Job, God allowed Satan to do everything to Job except to kill him and what was Jobs reaction? “Though he may slay me, yet I hope in Him (Job 13: 15). Job did not understand why God had allowed the things He did but knew God was good and therefore continued to trust in Him. Ultimately that should be our reaction as well and not crying and shouting “God why me?” and speaking ill of Him in some cases.

Rather my dear brethren, be thankful for everything that happens to you because great souls are grown through struggles and storms and seasons of suffering and remember that there can never be rain without storm and neither will there be harvest without rain. In the end of the struggles you will come out victorious and you will realize the true intention of God was far different from what you have always thought.

Another reason why God allow bad things to happen to you even when you’re His child, is not to make you cry but It’s His deliberate act to shape your heart to love Him more. So God allowed those things which you see unfair because He knows a tree that is blown by tough wind does not grow strong root. Everything you face is just to make you strong and eradicate the fear of evil and death.

So my brothers and sisters whatever you face, be patient with God because He knows what He is doing. Thanks and God bless.

Written by Jesuobu(i.e. Jesus thank you)

dblackninja:


Sorry to break it to you but nobody lives eternally.

CRK: Even the bible made us aware of that.
-God made man to live in the garden of Eden. Planted a lot of trees including the tree of life.
- Set him up by telling him only about the tree of knowledge of good and bad.
-Effecting his treachery by allowing an evil he made to tempt man.
-Chased man away from the garden & guarding it with a bazooka flaming sword lest man dangles and eat from the tree of life and live forever!

There was no way he budgeted man to live eternally.

In part 2 though he realized his mistake.
-He came down to atone for his sins of setting man up.
-He allowed himself to be sacrificed so that man can now live eternally (I wonder how that made sense ).
#Hurray mankind is saved at last!!

sekundosekundo:


Your son wants to be a medical doctor and you refuse to send him to School even though you hv the resources, will you now blame God.

hahn:


Lol. I do not even acknowledge it exists due to lack of proof

Why will I blame something that doesn't exist?

I'd rather much blame my own incompetence for my inability to meet up and start using my brain to make more income.

Sacluxpaint:

I see your cleverness but the things of the spirit are not for the carnal minded but for those who seek him in truth and in spirit(John 4:24), you might bring up all your mockery against what God has done but those who obeyed him faithfully were never struck and they enjoyed his favour.His thoughts are not our thoughts, neither his ways our ways.(Isaiah 55:8-9)

hahn:


Lol. I do not even acknowledge it exists due to lack of proof.

Why will I blame something that doesn't exist?

I'd rather much blame my own incompetence for my inability to meet up and start using my brain to make more income.

sekundosekundo:


I was once like you an atheist, in fact my parents were atheists I mean my father and my mother. For over 30yrs I was an atheist, I don't know your age but one day you will know the real truth and that truth shall set you free.

donhils:

Darkness is not the absence of light at least according to Genesis Chapter 1 vs 3 - 4.
There was darkness, then God created light, and He still had to separate the light from the darkness.

hopsydboi:
Religion is anti-nature
This is why I favour some religion above Christianity. Vandata, zen Buddhism, different system of the yoga religion etc has somemore logical n reasonable answers to questions like this than hide under the skin of an "unquestionable God".

Good and evil
War and peace
Friends and enemies
Matter and antimatter
Love and hate
Etc

Nature in it characteristics is of both positive and negative, it just finds a way to balance itself.
When you speak of a supreme being that is malevolent and omnipresent, loving and kind hearted and from the bible " the plan of God for us is of good and not evil(I av forgotten d book precisely). And yet all the evil of the world happens under his watch, we need to question his claims therefore.

I would accept a "supreme nature" rather than a subprime God tho..

My opinion

sekundosekundo:

I WAS AN ATHEIST FOR OVER 30yrs.

achorladey:
@Afrokan you highlights the wantom killing of the firstborn son of the Egyptians by God. Then what right do Pharaoh and the Egyptians have by destroying all male of the Israelites because the Israelites are becoming numerous. Please God the owner of the earth is the landlord of the earth. If the tenants can't live by the rules they are thrown out of the house simple. That is why when the Israelites too go against rule of engagement when at war they suffer terribly. No double standards, simply Justice.

raphieMontella:
this pascal's wager dude...lol you will rot in allah's jahannam

dblackninja:


Those are some of the passages being used to try and justify god's inadequacies.

Killing 42 children just for mocking a man, killing a man instantly just for having a good intention of protecting the ark of covenant from falling What a very angry god!!
Or what about manipulating his prophets to lie and give false prophecy?? I don't blame you because you're afraid of accepting the truths about this god character to avoid maybe being smitten by his evil harmer (that's the fear god use in keeping his followers in line), hence you will opt out to say, his ways are not our ways.

A child dies at birth, a Christian brother dies of just malaria despite prayers upon prayers, your loved one had a terrible accident while crossing a road which resulted in amputation....

Typical christians consoling words: Ooh don't worry dear, god works in mysterious ways you know. His ways are not our ways. He knows his reasons for everything.

Does god ever protect his followers? Is he even capable??
It's high time you guys wake up from slumber and face reality, not defending the stories made by some ancient men from a certain culture with every strength in your body. God was created by man and still defended by the same man & I begin to wonder, can't he at least defend himself?

But no he choose to gossip and play bets with man. I seriously pity JOB

Sacluxpaint:

Please search for Sixthsense on Nairaland, he was a hardcore atheist than maybe yourself till he encountered God, remember Saul that was persecuting the Christians, when he had an encounter with God, he turned a new leaf.

The Job you talked about, when he went through his trials, wasn't he rewarded much more than he had in the beginning? I won't go on preaching, I respect your views, but when you encounter God YOURSELF, you will know that he is real.

Personally, not a false testimony, but I have encountered God personally.

You just need that encounter brother

achorladey:
@Raphiemontella Because we read God made Pharaoh's heart hardened. Have you ever asked was Pharaoh himself willing to let the Israelites go despite all the trials Egyptians faced? God only used Pharaoh stubborn tendency to show his mightiness not a case of God making him hard hearted.

hahn:


Jesuobu apparently does not read the bible

felixomor:


Says the "biblical atheist" SMH