Is God to blame for everything that has gone wrong

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Summer3

@Summer3

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Posted: 12 years ago

#31

To understand God we definitely have to think out of the box and not apply the normal human limited logic. But then without taking some intiial steps I do not think we will get anywhere either.

After a while this so called "God vibration" or "God energy" can be felt and it will be a constant companion of some sort.

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Sno.

@Ribbon

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Posted: 12 years ago

#32

The right question most people will ask in response to your question is "Does God Exist?"

Now I believe people will have a myriad of answers-for now lets believe he does exist- but it all boils down to one thing are- Whether we are courageous enough to shoulder responsiblity of whatever went wrong?

At the end of the day. its one of our decisions which has failed us. God is no decision maker in our lives.

I believe there is a superior force in the Universe. Some higher being upon whom we thrust our faith & hope but its no more than that. Its like our life-buffer, something stationary to hold onto when all else-logic too- fails.

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-Aarya-

@-Aarya-

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Posted: 12 years ago

#33

Originally posted by: Ribbon
The right question most people will ask in response to your question is "Does God Exist?"

Now I believe people will have a myriad of answers-for now lets believe he does exist- but it all boils down to one thing are- Whether we are courageous enough to shoulder responsiblity of whatever went wrong?
At the end of the day. its one of our decisions which has failed us. God is no decision maker in our lives.

I believe there is a superior force in the Universe. Some higher being upon whom we thrust our faith & hope but its no more than that. Its like our life-buffer, something stationary to hold onto when all else-logic too- fails.

See the problem is that either you believe in God or you don't? If you believe there is a superior force in the Universe, why not name it (God)?

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@K.Universe.

Voyager

Posted: 12 years ago

#34

Originally posted by: Summer3

What is your attitude towards God ?

(a) Do you praise Him ? ( Basically leave everything to His Divine Will)

(b) Blame Him ? ( Believe he exists but is not doing a good job)

(c) Stike a balance with God

( Love and Fear relationship, believe in Him and also bargain a deal, perhaps an insurance )

(d) Depend on your ownself ( Do not care whether God exists or not)

Even if we were to assume for a moment that there is a God and He created this Universe, I don't see how He is under any obligation to govern it. An ideal observer is one who causes no perturbation to the system under observation.

From what we know, a bunch of fundamental particles evolved into all that we see and experience. Any intervention by God, so far in the timeline of evolution, is absent evidence. That does suggest that, even if there is a God, He decided to be an absentee landlord. Ties in with the definition of an ideal observer .

As for praise or blame, I am not sure what is so praiseworthy or blameworthy about the experiences. Sure, some are joyous, some are agonizing, some are lighthearted and some heartbreaking. But the sum-total of all these experiences integrated over time seem to amount to cipher. I am not sure I see a utilitarian value to these experiences, good or bad.

As for pain and suffering, and who should be held accountable, it certainly seems like the Creator has to take the responsibility of governance. But we can't be selective now, looking at a heinous rape or a gruesome murder. The laws were broken long back and more importantly they were allowed to be broken. When one heterotroph is "permitted" to derive its energy from another autotroph or heterotroph via consumption, when one living organism can kill and eat another living organism, and the physical/chemical/biological laws can't do anything about it, I think we are a bit late in the game to start whining about the injustice of it all.

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tulipbaby53

@tulipbaby53

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Posted: 12 years ago

#35

In short, no, God cannot be blamed for everything that has gone wrong. We as human beings are always given choices. It's the decisions we make and the paths we choose along with God's will that determine the outcomes in your life. I do not think you can blame God for everything, but there are certain results that happen to a person that has nothing do with anything he or she did. Like for example, a child losing their parents in a car accident. The child did not do anything to cause their parents' death, but the event happened anyways. Why? It was God's will. God also provides great strength and power to us during dark and difficult times though too.

There's always such grey areas in matter of God and understanding God. I question all the time how much control do I really have as a human being over my destiny? How much of it has already been predetermined? I think through each decision you make, different paths open up and different results occur. Along each path comes certain obstacles and tragedies for you to overcome, and I think those are predetermined. I do not really know though. I'm constantly changing my mind as I learn new things and have different interactions. I'm still learning and trying to understand God and God's ways.

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_Angie_

@_Angie_

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Posted: 12 years ago

#36

We tend to assume ourselves as an independent being deserving the fruits of one's own acts of commission or omission. What is observed is that sooner or later each one is affected by the acts of another. The laws of nature do not seem to recognise the individual as a separate being. Perhaps it is time to delve deeper into the sense of identity we have been conditioned to. Developing a sense of collective responsibility for the outcome is something that needs more introspection .

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@K.Universe.

Voyager

Posted: 12 years ago

#37

Originally posted by: _Angie_

The laws of nature do not seem to recognise the individual as a separate being.

What did you mean by this Angie?

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BirdieNumNum

@CuckooCutter7

Dazzler

Posted: 12 years ago

#38

hey, no blaming God for everything that has gone wrong. God will get mad if you point fingers, and then don't blame him/ her afterwards.😛😆

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Old username: salvatore-nina

@FireLordPhoenix

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Posted: 12 years ago

#39

I believe there is a higher entity but not an entity that's so strong as to decide my fate and write it for me.

My family almost always say, whether something good or bad happens, that whatever happens is because God wanted it to happen and God knows best. I disagree (though I would never say it aloud). But then that is the problem with believing in God, if you believe there is a higher force at work, then people also believe that everything happens because of that higher force.

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_Angie_

@_Angie_

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Posted: 12 years ago

#40

Originally posted by: K.Universe.

What did you mean by this Angie?

That nature does not seem to treat human beings or any other being for that matter on the basis of what that particular individual has done but rather as an interlinked part of its environment. The consequences of an action or inaction by an individual are borne sooner or later by the entire human race and more across the space time continuum. Eg. the fallouts of a war, ecological disturbance, market conditions, pandemics and many more. In other words, much as we would like to believe, an individual is not an isolated being but an integral part of a larger system. Any change in a part of the system affects the whole

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