Who And Where Is Your God?.

[HansUrbancka]

I Do Not believe in God. However, I could be proved wrong if there are ABers who can account for the reasons that 'God' subjects us mere mortals to Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Lightning, Volcanic eruptions, etc. Also tyrannical forces such as Isis and killer diseases such as Cancer.

Surely, if 'God' is all powerful, he/she is able to control matters in a more appropriate manner than appearing to be 'sitting back' and doing nothing.

Hans.

[pixie374]

Lol. I value it.... but the point of general destruction? What do we need to learn from people being randomly killed for no reason?

[Old_Geezer]

They die because they're in the wrong place at the wrong time as far as they are concerned. It is the end of their learning in life. A deity would see it as a return not an end. General destruction is an inevitable part of a world capable of supporting life. No living species would be here save for the natural upheaval that shaped everything.

[Mamyalynne]

What I find interesting Hans, is that you don't believe yet you challenge others to perhaps make you rethink your position.

Why not be happy with the who/what/where you have?

[mibn2cweus]

There's no accounting for reason where believing has been made a priority.

[Cloverjo]

I agree with mamya and O-G. I feel incredibly fortunate to be where I am now.

I don't believe in a god, but I'm grateful to be alive and that nothing terrible is going on for me at moment. I do worry about the rest of the world, though.

[wildwood]

A quote, if I may...........................

"I don’t know [why we're here]. People sometimes say to me, ‘Why don’t you admit that the humming bird, the butterfly, the Bird of Paradise are proof of the wonderful things produced by Creation?’ And I always say, well, when you say that, you’ve also got to think of a little boy sitting on a river bank, like here, in West Africa, that’s got a little worm, a living organism, in his eye and boring through the eyeball and is slowly turning him blind. The Creator God that you believe in, presumably, also made that little worm. Now I personally find that difficult to accommodate…"

David Attenborough.

[agchristie]

Someone once said to me that God sits above us all looking down on each community holding a kind of giant tv remote pressing buttons at intervals to test man's response and ingenuity to adversity.

Hmmmm...

[Old_Geezer]

http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2016/11/14/remember-got-bored-city-simcity-sent-disaster-destroy/

[pixie374]

That's Simon Cowell, ag...

[naomi24]

ag at 08:54, any omnipotent God that did that would be one very sick entity.

[mikey4444]

Hans....you are 100% correct. Of course there is no God. The events that you list are entirely natural and random.

[-Talbot-]

He must get bored God bless him-self

[andy-hughes]

God isn't dead - he just doesn't want to get involved.

[nailit]

//God isn't dead - he just doesn't want to get involved//
He's already involved if he created us...

[andy-hughes]

nailit - I think you are (possibly intentionally?) missing the humour, and the serious point behind it - of my post

[nailit]

^^ ;-)

[Khandro]

So HansUrbancka, after your valiant struggle along the spiritual path in search of enlightenment, you have concluded that you do not believe in God.
Good, congratulations! you have made your bed, and now you may lie in it.
What more do you want?

[beso]

God works in mysterious ways..... ways that strongly resemble randomness.

[andy-hughes]

Khandro - //Good, congratulations! you have made your bed, and now you may lie in it..... //

That infers dire consequences for non-believers - is that what you believe?

[Baldric]

"God only knows!"