Why Do Bad Things Happen?

[goodlife]

A atheist raised the following problem: “To some extent there is order, wonder and beauty in nature. But this is only one half of the picture. The other half is terrible chaos.” Then, after explaining what he means by “chaos”—such things as natural disasters, pestilences and the like—he goes on to say: “A religious person gazes lovingly at the order in nature that strengthens his religion, but looks away from the chaos that weakens such creed.

[doctordb]

Goodlife, It's difficult for some people to accept but a lot of things happen for no reason at all.

[naomi24]

Who knows? Don't answer that.

Goodlife, you're relentless - but you influence no one. Still, another Brownie point, eh? AB's useful to you isn't it. ;o)

[Old_Geezer]

Why wouldn't bad things happen ?

[vulcan42]

No doubt goodlife, you will return, allocating blame and praise according to the jehovah witness doctrine.

[jomifl]

Everything happens for a reason but not always for a purpose, divine or otherwise.

[SirOracle]

Yes Naomi certainly relentless. But I suppose it a bit more comfortable proselytising by AB rather than tramping from door to door in this inclement weather.

[goodlife]

Well, atheist are the mostly one who shut the door in your face.

[RATTER15]

Goodlife, "Well, atheist are the mostly one who shut the door in your face."

Maybe it is because we are fed up with listening to absolute nonsense being spouted by the likes of you.

[goodlife]

No I find is simply too complicated for them.

[vulcan42]

Surely the reverse is true goodlife, the jw had to rewrite the bible so people like you could understand.

[goodlife]

So have you seen the new Bible then.

[saxy_jag]

Bad things happen because that's just the way life is. Also, what's bad for one is often good for another. It's bad for the antelope when the lion kills it but good for the lion and its cubs. We humans are no different. We are biological entities subject to the same laws of nature as lions and antelope. End of.

[vulcan42]

Yes goodlife, it's on the jw website.

[Hypognosis]

//No I find is simply too complicated for them. //

You mean 'ordinary' people are in some way stupid?

Are you looking down your nose at people all the time?

Does that count as pride?

Are the Witnesses in anyway concerned about the deadly sins or are they just for Catholics?

[jomifl]

saxy_jag, Exactly, I was going to post something similar a bit later as I didn't want to overload goodlife's compromised faculties.

[beso]

Let's anticipate goodlife's next post.

...Or could it be that the atheist is looking away from the “order, wonder and beauty in nature” that weaken his creed of disbelief?

[beso]

http://www.thejaywalker.com/pages/shit_happens.html

[LazyGun]

"An Atheist"? Which one?

Aside from that though- the comment, that the religious only take from nature and world events those things that appear beautiful or pleasant or joyous or that can somehow be attributed to a beneficent god - all the while ignoring the bad and the ugly and the downright nasty creations and incidents one finds. Ignore it or rather conveniently blame it on man, or mans lack of belief. Some of the religious prophets around the globe blame natural catastrophes on cultural acceptance, for instance; In the US there have been preachers claiming hurricanes are gods way of punishing society for accepting gay marriage.Same kind of thing can be seen in Islam.

So "An Atheist" in your OP would be right, GL. The one post of yours that I can find some common ground with! :)

[naomi24]

//"An Atheist"? Which one?//

Goodlife holds great store by the host of anonymous people his masters tell him about.

[sandyRoe]

The atheist on the Clapham omnibus?