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Originally Posted by U376977
Or how about the hundreds of thousands of Africans who have starved to death. Some caught in wars that force them from their homes. Others hacked to death.
Why did God allow it? Why is God full of judgement? What are his flashpoints that cause him to smite?
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The way the world really works is miles apart from how OPs and other Pentecostals imagine or wish it worked. It seems to work exactly as if God keeps His hands off. Good things happen to good and bad people. Bad things happen to good and bad people. Imaginary miracles happen all the time. (You may agree, even if you think there is also the real thing, sometimes.) People brag about God's goodness and protection, when good things happen or when sickness or accidents are not as bad as they might have been (which is nearly
always the case, anyway).
Does God protect His children? Does He watch over them? When a little girl is molested by a prominent man of the church, was God
watching? Does He stand by and
watch as a believer dies of cancer, despite the desperate prayers of his loved ones?
Oh, but God knows what we need better than we do. His ways are not our ways. We can't question Him.
Well, I am not questioning or complaining to God. But anyone who says they believe the Bible is God's infallible word
has to wonder: does God really keep His word? (How can you tell if He does or not?) Is He actually
good, no matter what He does?
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