They done hurt every damn feeling I have. Whaddo I do with that?

If you wanna be snarky about others’ faith and be some type of ugly, feel free. This probably isn’t for you than

I’m just venting to lemmy friends I guess, but hoping someone understands. Why does god have to be such a cunt sometimes?

Hurt my feelings more than I’d like to admit

  • DomeGuy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 days ago

    Any rational adult Christian needs to have an answer to “why does God let bad things happen” to be all three of those things.

    Some assert that bad things are entirely due to mortal choices. Others assert that God lets bad things happen to setup later good things. Both are reasonable answers, though I don’t happen to believe either applies to all instances.

    I personally think God lets bad things happen for the same reason that authors let bad things happen to their characters. God can see our whole mortal existence unconstrained by time, and from His point of view in Heaven our temporary suffering or painful end are just part of a four dimensional whole most comparable to a role we played on a stage.

    Thankfully, the moment of suffering is something Christians assert God Himself incarnated and endured, even going so far as to doubt and fear as he was being killed. Most of us say God lived as one of us and felt all the same wretched emotions humans feel, including exactly the anger and frustration that you describe.