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Originally posted by Jeff Higgins
Why would He want to?
We cannot see into others' hearts and souls. For the sake of argument, let's say God can. His mission is to bring everyone closer to Him. He uses the trials and tribulations of this life to do so. Our time here on earth isn't even a blip on His eternal time line. Assuming an afterlife (again, for the sake of argument) with (or without) Him, and that He is preparing folks for that, He may very well see that kind of hardship as a small price to pay for finding Him.
The somewhat childish reaction here in this life is "but that is not 'fair'". As a father, I used to hear that all the time from my young boys. What they saw, from their child-like point of view, seemed incredibly "unfair" to them, or even as a hardship. What I saw, from my fatherly point of view, was something that would mold and shape them as people; as better people. I see that as a very simple microcosm of what God does with His children here on earth.
I find it somewhat of an irony that very often the folks enduring these hardships are brought closer to God. The other people in their lives, or observing their live from afar as the case may be, are driven away from God by their perception of "unfairness". This perception tells them there cannot be a God; otherwise life would be more "fair". Mere children, they are. They, almost as a rule, squawk louder than the actual person or people suffering the "unfairness".
God is not "fair" by any means from our earthly point of view. He could really care less about our comfort and well-being while here on earth. This is the crucible in which He refines us; it is going to be "hard" for all of us, at one level or another. In the grand scheme of things, though, the time spent here is entirely inconsequential outside of the relationship you develop with Him.
Your rememberances of this life on earth will be as those you hold today of your early childhood. This life is a shadow of what is to come. You will look back upon what you now see as unfair hardships and realize they formed you into what you then will be. We will leave this world still as infants on our path to development and knowledge; what our Father allows us to experience here are the first baby steps on that path.
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God is not fair, or anything else, Jeff. Because it is very unlikely that god exists. I cannot conclusively say god, or the faeries in my garden for that matter, doesnt exist ofcourse, but your proposition that this god exists and is so complex as to have created the universe and everything in it, and can at the same time monitor the concisuoness of all we humans and make judegments as to whether he will break his own cosmic rules (or not) when we ask- immeadiately poses the even BIGGER question....where did this god come from?
"Your rememberances of this life on earth will be as those you hold today of your early childhood. This life is a shadow of what is to come."
You know this how, Jeff? Superstitious, dangerous claptrap.
You are the perfect candidate for the Dawkins challenge Jeff. I dont think you are as far gone as Trekker or Doug. Read "the God Delusion."
Hell, I'll buy it for you.