Tuesday, May 13, 2008
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DOES GOD ALLOW SUFFERING OR CAUSE NATURAL DISASTERS?
In light of the recent natural disaster such as the cyclone in Myanmar, tornadoes in the Central Plains/Southeastern US and earthquake in China, people may start asking if there is a God, why does God allow people to suffer or why does God allow disasters to occur?
For Christians, there is no easy response. We definitely can agree that we live in a fallen world. Many of the sufferings we go through may be a result of sin or evil conduct of humans. Others such as natural disasters such as the cyclone in Myanmar, tornandoes in the Central Plains/Southeastern US or earthquake in China. I have attached a link to an interesting prospective that discusses “moral evil” (e.g., human evil causing suffering such as the terrorist attack of 911) or “natural evil” (e.g., an act of nature such as what we have just witnessed this past week).
http://www.crosswalk.com/1348437/page2/
I cannot claim to have a simple answer as to why God allows such acts. Some Christians preachers have preached that God allowed some of these disasters because of our sins. I am not in the position to accept or deny those claims. However, I do know God is a just and righteous God. See Isaiah 5:16, Psalm 4:1, Nehemiah 9:31, Deutronomy 4:31, Daniel 9:9. I know whatevery reason God does something or allows something is for a great purpose. See Jeremiah 29:11. I also know how God wants us to react to those who have suffered. See Matthew 25: 43-45. I also know God’s grace will always be there. See I Peter 5:12
For relief for the recent diaster see below:
Microsoft led relief to victims of the Cyclone in Myanmar and Earthquake in China:
Please pray for victms of these disasters as well.
More planned to come…
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have you ever studied karma or reincarnation? for myself, karma and reincarnation explains a lot of the suffering in the world.
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from wikipedia on reincarnation:
"Several Christian denominations which support reincarnation include the Christian Community, the Liberal Catholic Church, Unity Church, The Christian Spiritualist Movement, the Rosicrucian Fellowship and Lectorium Rosicrucianum. The Medieval heretical sect known variously as the Cathars or Albigensians who flourished in the Languedoc believed in Reincarnation, seeing each soul as a fallen angel born again and again into the world of Matter
created by Lucibel (Lucifer). Only through a Gnostic 'Rebirth' in the Holy Spirit through Christ could the soul escape this process of successive existences and return to God."