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Originally Posted by BallisticWookie

I believe in God, I am Lutheran, but I dont go to church anymore. I was once a strong believer, and I think I still am, but past events and continuing tragedy's always bring me to the same question. Why does God let this happen ?? If he loved us so much, why does he let us destroy ourselves ? I dont get it, why doesnt he destroy evil so we can live in peace ?? Is he waiting for us to destroy ourselves and then show his face ? He is truly magnificent and powerful, but his common sense is perhaps a bit of target.

Death and destruction in his or any religious entities name is, simply said, fucked. No one person has the right to take the life of another in the name of their god, only their god can take that life or give that life, but when it all boils down to it, their is, as far as I am concerned, only one God. So, we are all killing in His name for nothing. For all we know He could be up there laughing His ass off at us because of our complete and utter stupidity, and it would'nt suprise me one little bit if that is the case.

The death of a child at the hands of some murdering bastards hands is not God's will, it is evil's will. If God does love us unconditionally as written in the Bible, he would never let a child, one who has not even come close to experiencing the beauties and cruelties of this weird planet, to be killed cold heartedly. I cannot, for a second believe that God would, by his own hand, murder a child, and sadly, if that is the case, I cannot and will not, if it can become a known fact, put my faith in someone or something that can be as heartless or callous as that.

Until such a time comes, I will continue to believe that God and his Son, love us and watch over us, atleast those that believe in him. I am forever using his name in vain, blaming him for the worlds problems and other such things, but I will always love him. Others ofcourse will think differently, and I respect the fact that you may not believe in him or have different feelings and ideas toward him and about him. To each his own. You all have the right to choose to believe in what you want and no-one has the right to tell you what you can and cannot believe in. But respect is the key here, no matter what a persons feelings, respect must always be present and felt by both parties, believers and non-believers.

Wow, finally somebody has the intelligence to rationalize. Your question as to why God would let evil roam over the world instead of just destroying evil, is something that I doubt anybody could ever answer. I guess the reason he doesn't just abolish evil from this planet, is so people that do believe in Him will have a glimpse of what hell may be like. I think the main reason that evil will never be extinct from this planet, is because Satan is a very, VERY powerful being. Actually, Satan IS the cause of evil, and is why people sin. Everytime one of us sins, Satan is actually in our head. Satan, just as God can, can be everywhere and anywhere all at the same time. So just as God can be in your heart, Satan can and usually is in your head. Satan's main goal for you, your family and friends, is to hunt you down and devour you.

I suppose most of you have heard of evil spirits/demons follow people around before. Whether it be through a spiritual contact to the underworld, or whatever, demons have been known to reside in people's homes and even on occasion take control of a person(possessed). Demons are pwerful beings, but Satan is 1,000,000 times more pwerful. Satan is almost as powerful as God, but not quite. Remember, the power of Christ will always prevail over evil.